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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71,450 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Abbey View, Bath, BA2 6DG
Received 26 Feb 199811/12 Westgate Street, Bath, BA1 1EQ
Received 24 Feb 199815 Dunsford Place, Bath, BA2 6HF
Received 2 Mar 199816 Daniel Street, Bath, BA2 6NB
Received 25 Feb 19983 Catharine Place, Bath, BA1 2PR
Received 27 Feb 19984 Woodland Place, Bath, BA2 6EH
Received 27 Feb 1998Combe Down Branch Surgery, Sulis Manor Road, Bath
Received 2 Mar 1998Baskervilles Gym, Englishcombe Lane, Bath, BA2 2EF
Received 3 Mar 1998Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG
Received 2 Mar 1998Newlands, Sion Hill, Bath, BA1 2UW
Received 3 Mar 1998Culverhay Nursing Home (formerly Lymore Park), Lymore Avenue, Bath, BA2 1AY
Received 3 Mar 199859 Leighton Road, Bath, BA1 4NG
Received 3 Mar 199811 Lambridge Place, Bath, BA1 6RU
Received 2 Mar 199883 Cotswold Road, Bath, BA2 2DN
Received 4 Mar 19987 St Stephens Close, Bath, BA1 5PP
Received 9 Mar 1998RSPCA Cats And Dogs Home, The Avenue , Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AZ
Received 6 Mar 1998Bath Spa Hotel, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NU
Received 6 Mar 199812 Quarrymans Court, Bath, BA2 5HP
Received 5 Mar 199816 New King Street, Bath, BA1 2BL
Received 5 Mar 1998Abington House, 146 London Road West, Bath, BA1 7DD
Received 9 Mar 1998Majestic Wine Warehouse, 12-18 Wellsway, Bath
Received 9 Mar 199814 Trim Street, Bath, BA1 1HB
Received 6 Mar 1998Royal Mail Bath Delivery Office, Manvers Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1AA
Received 5 Mar 199829 Marlborough Buildings, Bath, BA1 2LY
Received 9 Mar 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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