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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71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Kingsmead Square, Bath, BA1 2AB
Received 26 Jan 1998University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB
Received 30 Jan 19981 Avondale Court, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3ET
Received 29 Jan 1998PC World, Unit A Weston Lock Retail Park, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 1ES
Received 30 Jan 1998Currys Ltd, Unit B Weston Lock Retail Park, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 1ES
Received 30 Jan 1998Parkside Infants School, Charlotte Street, Bath, BA1 2NE
Received 2 Feb 1998Claire's Accessories Limited, 23 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QF
Received 30 Jan 1998Claire's Accessories Limited, 23 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QF
Received 30 Jan 1998Herman Miller Uk, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3EL
Received 29 Jan 19982 Widcombe Crescent, Bath, BA2 6AH
Received 2 Feb 19982 Widcombe Crescent, Bath, BA2 6AH
Received 2 Feb 199820 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6AT
Received 2 Feb 199810 City View, Bath, BA1 5JQ
Received 4 Feb 199837 Bloomfield Avenue, Bath, BA2 3AJ
Received 3 Feb 1998106 Midford Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5RU
Received 3 Feb 1998Courthouse Filling Station, Upper Bristol Road, Bath, BA1 3DE
Received 30 Jan 19986 Comfortable Place, Bath, BA1 3AJ
Received 3 Feb 19987 Meadow Drive, Bath, BA2 2BU
Received 4 Feb 1998Former Factory Site, Rush Hill, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2QX
Received 5 Feb 1998Ministry Of Defence, Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, BA1 5AA
Received 3 Feb 199820A Bellotts Road, Bath, BA2 3RT
Received 6 Feb 19988 Richmond Hill, Bath, BA1 5QT
Received 3 Feb 1998149 Locksbrook Road, Bath, BA1 3EJ
Received 6 Feb 199814 Roundhill Park, Bath, BA2 1NL
Received 6 Feb 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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