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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71,446 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
106 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5DJ
Received 14 Sept 1999Beckford Road Tunnel, Tow Path Kennett And Avon Canal, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6DH
Received 1 Sept 1999Former Billets Coal Yard, High Street, Twerton On Avon, Bath
Received 13 Sept 1999Ravenscroft, Sydney Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NT
Received 1 Sept 199943 Fairfield Avenue, Bath, BA1 6NJ
Received 13 Sept 1999Maylou, 118A Rush Hill, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2QU
Received 14 Sept 1999Horse Shoe Bridge Lock, Tow Path Kennett And Avon Canal, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6DH
Received 17 Sept 19993, Castle View, Sydney Wharf, Bath, BA2 4EG
Received 13 Sept 1999Top Lock, Tow Path Kennett And Avon Canal, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6DH
Received 17 Sept 1999High Wych, Entry Hill Drive, Bath, BA2 5NL
Received 14 Sept 1999Bridge No 152, Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath
Received 17 Sept 199910 Sion Road, Bath, BA1 5SG
Received 14 Sept 1999Top Lock Footbridge, Tow Path Kennett And Avon Canal, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6DH
Received 17 Sept 1999Combe Down Express (formerly Glasshouse Service Station), Midford Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5RU
Received 16 Sept 1999Wash House Lock, Tow Path Kennett And Avon Canal, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6DH
Received 17 Sept 1999Pulteney Gardens Lock, Tow Path Kennett And Avon Canal, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6DH
Received 17 Sept 199910 Sion Road, Bath, BA1 5SG
Received 14 Sept 19991 Avondale Court, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3ET
Received 14 Sept 1999Street Record, Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath
Received 17 Sept 19998 Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3NP
Received 20 Sept 199933 Cameley Green, Bath, BA2 1SA
Received 17 Sept 1999Land Rear Of, 1 Whiteway Avenue, Bath, BA2 2RL
Received 15 Sept 199914 Wells Road, Bath, BA2 3AP
Received 17 Sept 1999568 Wellsway, Bath, BA2 2UE
Received 20 Sept 1999Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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