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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bath and North East Somerset Council. Also known as B&NES, BathNES and BANES.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bath and North East Somerset website
71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 12 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Sulis Gables, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6HX
Received 12 Jan 19987 Pierrepont Street, Bath, BA1 1LA
Received 12 Jan 19983 Argyle Street, Bath, BA2 4BA
Received 12 Jan 1998Depot Site, Station Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3DZ
Received 6 Jan 199812 Edward Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4DU
Received 9 Jan 199812 Edward Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4DU
Received 9 Jan 199840 Audley Avenue, Bath, BA1 3BL
Received 14 Jan 1998Clinton Cards, 19 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QA
Received 13 Jan 1998Lambridge Stables, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath,
Received 15 Jan 1998Clinton Cards, 19 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QA
Received 13 Jan 1998Clinton Cards, 19 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QA
Received 13 Jan 1998St Andrew's C Of E Va Primary School, Northampton Street, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2SN
Received 12 Jan 199822 Brunswick Street, Bath, BA1 6PQ
Received 13 Jan 1998154 Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5BZ
Received 16 Jan 1998Sulis Manor, Combe Hay Lane, Bath, BA2 8PB
Received 20 Jan 19987 Edgar Buildings, Bath, BA1 2EE
Received 14 Jan 1998Parade Park Hotel, 8-10 North Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Jan 199847 Penn Lea Road, Bath, BA1 3RG
Received 19 Jan 199825 Ivy Bank Park, Bath, BA2 5NF
Received 21 Jan 19987 Cleveland Place West , Bath, BA1 5DG
Received 20 Jan 19987 Cleveland Place West , Bath, BA1 5DG
Received 22 Jan 1998Weston Park House, Weston Park, Bath, BA1 4AL
Received 19 Jan 1998Weston Park House, Weston Park, Bath, BA1 4AL
Received 19 Jan 19981 Balustrade , Bath, BA1 6QA
Received 20 Jan 1998Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Bath and North East Somerset Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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