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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71,449 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Shakespeare Avenue, Bath, BA2 4RG
Received 5 May 1998The Old Tramshed, Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BD
Received 1 May 19982 Hetling Court, Bath, BA1 1SH
Received 5 May 1998High Vinnalls, College Road, Bath, BA1 5RU
Received 5 May 1998Badgerline, Weston Island, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 3BJ
Received 5 May 19982-3 Green Street, Bath, BA1 2JY
Received 5 May 19984 Rochfort Place, Bath, BA2 6PB
Received 5 May 199819 Ridge Green Close, Bath, BA2 2EG
Received 1 May 199813 Vernslade , Bath, BA1 4DN
Received 30 Apr 199830-32 Westgate Street, Bath,
Received 8 May 19988 How Hill, Bath, BA2 1DL
Received 7 May 199814 Abbey Churchyard, Bath, BA1 1LY
Received 7 May 199823 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HX
Received 1 May 1998City Of Bath College, Avon Street, Bath, BA1 1UN
Received 7 May 1998Homebase Store & Garden Centre, Pines Way, Bath, BA2 3ET
Received 8 May 199840 Gay Street, Bath, BA1 2NT
Received 4 Nov 19985 Daffords Buildings, Bath, BA1 6SG
Received 16 Nov 19983 Princes Buildings, Bath, BA1 2ED
Received 13 Nov 199810 Berkeley Place, Camden Road, Bath, BA1 5JH
Received 17 Nov 19985 Rivers Street, Bath, BA1 2PZ
Received 19 Nov 199831 Rivers Street, Bath, BA1 2QA
Received 16 Nov 1998Stirtingale Farm, Corston View, Bath, BA2 2PJ
Received 18 Nov 19984 Dunsford Place, Bath, BA2 6HF
Received 17 Nov 199887 Lyncombe Hill, Bath, BA2 4PJ
Received 16 Nov 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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