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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
71,449 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
131 Englishcombe Lane, Bath, BA2 2EH
Received 2 Apr 199870 Forester Avenue, Bath, BA2 6QB
Received 2 Apr 19988 Poplar Road, Bath, BA2 2AJ
Received 3 Apr 199846 Marshfield Way, Bath, BA1 6HQ
Received 6 Apr 1998The Empire, Orange Grove, Bath, BA1 1LP
Received 3 Apr 19981 Hazel Way, Bath, BA2 2DX
Received 8 Apr 1998The Harvester, Gloucester Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BW
Received 6 Apr 1998Ivy Cottage, St Saviours Road, Bath, BA1 6SY
Received 6 Apr 1998Site Of 3, Northampton Street, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2SN
Received 8 Apr 1998The Cott, Richmond Lane, Bath, BA1 5QW
Received 12 Feb 19981&2 Caroline Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4JH
Received 8 Apr 19988 Upper Church Street, Bath, BA1 2PT
Received 8 Apr 1998Miles House, Dunsford Place, Bath, BA2 6HF
Received 9 Apr 1998Miles House, Dunsford Place, Bath, BA2 6HF
Received 8 Apr 199836 Broad Street, Bath, BA1 5LP
Received 3 Apr 1998University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB
Received 8 Apr 1998Bath Spa Railway Station, Dorchester Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1SU
Received 2 Apr 199839 Bathwick Street, Bath, BA2 6PA
Received 3 Apr 199812-16 Wellsway, Bath, BA2 2AA
Received 2 Apr 1998Browns Restaurant And Bar, Orange Grove, Bath, BA1 1LP
Received 7 Apr 1998Marks And Spencer Plc, 16-18 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QB
Received 6 Apr 199833-34 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NZ
Received 7 Apr 1998Firtree Cottage, Hampton Row, Bath, BA2 6QS
Received 7 Apr 1998188 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5DN
Received 7 Apr 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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