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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71,446 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lower Lock, Tow Path Kennett And Avon Canal, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6DH
Received 27 Sept 1999Fairfield Lodge, Van Diemens Lane, Bath, BA1 5TW
Received 21 Sept 1999Lower Lock, Tow Path Kennett And Avon Canal, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 27 Sept 1999Dolemeads Bridge, Footpath Spring Gardens Road Near Canal, Widcombe, Bath
Received 27 Sept 1999Hinton Garages(Bath) Ltd, Albion Place, Bath, BA1 3AD
Received 27 Sept 1999White Lodge, 15 Bathwick Hill, Bath, BA2 6EW
Received 24 Sept 1999White Lodge, 15 Bathwick Hill, Bath, BA2 6EW
Received 24 Sept 1999Aquila, Widcombe Hill, Bath, BA2 6AR
Received 30 Jul 1999Lloyds Bank Plc, 23 Moorland Road, Bath, BA2 3PW
Received 1 Oct 1999Bellots Hospital, Beau Street, Bath, BA1 1QY
Received 5 Oct 1999Presto, 7 Abbey Churchyard, Bath, BA1 1LY
Received 1 Oct 19998 Lambridge , Bath, BA1 6BJ
Received 4 Oct 19998 Lambridge , Bath, BA1 6BJ
Received 4 Oct 1999University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB
Received 29 Sept 1999Herman Miller Uk, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3EL
Received 28 Sept 19995 Brunswick Place, Bath, BA1 2RQ
Received 4 Oct 19997 Sydney Buildings, Bath, BA2 6BZ
Received 5 Oct 19994 Princes Buildings, Bath, BA1 2ED
Received 5 Oct 19994 Cambridge Terrace, Bath, BA2 6BE
Received 30 Sept 1999103 Newbridge Road, Bath, BA1 3HG
Received 30 Sept 199928 Northampton Street, Bath, BA1 2SW
Received 4 Oct 1999St Michael's Church, Broad Street, Bath, BA1 5LP
Received 28 Jun 1999Kingsmead House, James Street West, Bath, BA1 2BT
Received 5 Oct 199920 Somerset Place, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5HA
Received 29 Sept 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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