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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71,448 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Safeway Stores Plc, London Road, Bath, BA1 6PT
Received 1 Jul 199923 - 24 High Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 5AJ
Received 1 Jul 1999Ivybank House, Ivy Bank Park, Lyncombe, Bath, BA2 5NF
Received 8 Jul 199910 Edward Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4DU
Received 5 Jul 19998 Newbridge Hill, Bath, BA1 3PU
Received 9 Jul 1999Assembly Antique Centre, 5-8 Saville Row, Bath, BA1 2QP
Received 5 Jul 1999Pria, 4 Argyle Street, Bath, BA2 4BA
Received 1 Jul 199915 Mayfield Road, Bath, BA2 3QA
Received 12 Jul 199987 Fairfield Park Road, Bath, BA1 6JR
Received 13 Jul 1999Caffe Nero, 11 Old Bond Street, Bath, BA1 1BP
Received 7 Jul 1999The Porter, 15 George Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Jul 1999Gdn Flat, 63 Newbridge Hill, Bath, BA1 3PR
Received 5 Jul 199915 George Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EN
Received 8 Jul 1999Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, Capital And Counties Branch, 47 Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DN
Received 8 Jul 199957 Fairfield Park Road, Bath, BA1 6JP
Received 13 Jul 1999Fountain House, 9 - 11 Fountain Buildings, City Centre, Bath, BA1 5DU
Received 6 Jul 1999Fountain House, 9 - 11 Fountain Buildings, City Centre, Bath, BA1 5DU
Received 6 Jul 1999Lansdown Croft, Hamilton Road, Bath, BA1 5SB
Received 12 Jul 199914A Claverton Buildings, Bath, BA2 4LD
Received 1 Jul 199914A Claverton Buildings, Bath, BA2 4LD
Received 1 Jul 19995 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QE
Received 15 Jul 19994 Cambridge Place, Bath, BA2 6AB
Received 14 Jul 19996 Larkhall Place, Bath, BA1 6SF
Received 14 Jul 19994 Cambridge Place, Bath, BA2 6AB
Received 15 Jul 1999Records 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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