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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
71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Lyncombe Hill, Bath, BA2 4PH
Received 21 Dec 19983-5 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6AX
Received 15 Dec 19983-5 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6AX
Received 15 Dec 199819 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA1 2LT
Received 16 Dec 1998Kensington Meadows, Ringswell Gardens, Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6BP
Received 16 Dec 1998Willowlea, Bath Boating Station, Forester Road, Bath, BA2 6QE
Received 23 Dec 19986 North Way, Bath, BA2 1PX
Received 23 Dec 1998Homebase Store & Garden Centre, Pines Way, Bath, BA2 3ET
Received 23 Dec 19983 Great Bedford Street, Bath, BA1 2TZ
Received 18 Dec 1998Lansdown Croft, Hamilton Road, Bath, BA1 5SB
Received 23 Dec 199838 Westgate Street, Bath, BA1 1EL
Received 21 Dec 19988 Maple Grove, Bath, BA2 3AF
Received 22 Dec 19989 Bloomfield Grove, Bath, BA2 2BZ
Received 22 Dec 1998Homebase Store & Garden Centre, Pines Way, Bath, BA2 3ET
Received 23 Dec 199824 Walcot Buildings, Bath, BA1 6AD
Received 18 Dec 1998Lloyds Bank Plc, 16 Lower Borough Walls , Bath, BA1 1QU
Received 23 Dec 1998Royal High School, Lansdown Road, Bath
Received 23 Dec 1998Vyrnwy, Charlcombe Way, Bath, BA1 6JZ
Received 21 Dec 1998Vyrnwy, Charlcombe Way, Bath, BA1 6JZ
Received 21 Dec 1998Parcel 5400, Moorledge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol,
Received 13 Mar 1998Pumping Station, Coley Road, Coley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AP
Received 26 Aug 1998Lower Litton Reservior, Coley Road, Coley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 25 Feb 1998Wood House Farm, Cleeve Hill, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PG
Received 22 Jan 199815 Temple Court, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1HA
Received 24 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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