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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
71,446 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rising Sun Public House, 3-4 Grove Street, Bath, BA2 6PJ
Received 11 Aug 1999Rising Sun Public House, 3-4 Grove Street, Bath, BA2 6PJ
Received 11 Aug 19991 Lansdown Crescent, Bath, BA1 5EX
Received 17 Aug 19991 Lansdown Crescent, Bath, BA1 5EX
Received 17 Aug 19991 Lansdown Crescent, Bath, BA1 5EX
Received 17 Aug 19991 Lansdown Crescent, Bath, BA1 5EX
Received 17 Aug 19991 York Buildings, George Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EB
Received 12 Aug 199927 Queen Square, Bath, BA1 2HX
Received 10 Aug 19997 - 9 North Parade Buildings, Bath, BA1 1NY
Received 24 Aug 1999Safeway Stores Plc, London Road, Bath, BA1 6PT
Received 11 Aug 1999Safeway Stores Plc, London Road, Bath, BA1 6PT
Received 11 Aug 1999Safeway Stores Plc, London Road, Bath, BA1 6PT
Received 11 Aug 1999Street Record, Wellsway Park, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 31 Aug 199912 West Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3QE
Received 23 Aug 1999The Recreation Ground, Great Pulteney Street, Bath, BA2 6PW
Received 23 Aug 1999PC World, Unit A Weston Lock Retail Park, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 1ES
Received 25 Aug 199912 St Catherines Close, Bath, BA2 6BS
Received 23 Aug 19994 Hansford Mews, Entry Hill, Bath
Received 24 Aug 1999Majestic Wine Warehouse, 12-18 Wellsway, Bath
Received 25 Aug 1999Majestic Wine Warehouse, 12-18 Wellsway, Bath
Received 25 Aug 1999Fonthill Cottage, 14 Gladstone Road, Bath, BA2 5HJ
Received 31 Aug 199915 Park Lane, Bath, BA1 2XH
Received 16 Aug 1999Cafe Du Globe, 1A North Parade, Bath, BA1 1LF
Received 25 Aug 19991 Brunswick Street, Bath, BA1 6PQ
Received 25 Aug 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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