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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71,446 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Faulkland Road, Bath, BA2 3LT
Received 2 Mar 1999Street Record, Cleveland Place East, Walcot, Bath
Received 24 Feb 19992 Gloucester Street, Bath, BA1 2SE
Received 1 Mar 199912 Marlborough Lane, Bath, BA1 2NQ
Received 3 Mar 199914 Johnstone Street, Bath, BA2 4DH
Received 2 Mar 199999 Sydney Mews, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4ED
Received 3 Mar 199999A Sydney Mews, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4ED
Received 3 Mar 1999Pulteney Court, Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 3 Mar 199925 Newbridge Road, Bath, BA1 3HE
Received 5 Mar 199926 Audley Avenue, Bath, BA1 3BL
Received 5 Mar 199925 Audley Avenue, Bath, BA1 3BL
Received 5 Mar 199942 Sydney Buildings, Bath, BA2 6DB
Received 4 Mar 1999The Empire, Orange Grove, Bath, BA1 1LP
Received 8 Mar 1999117 High Street, Twerton On Avon, Bath, BA2 1DA
Received 8 Mar 1999The Hop Pole Public House 7 Albion Buildings, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3AR
Received 4 Mar 199928 James Street West, Bath, BA1 2BT
Received 10 Mar 1999The Hop Pole Public House 7 Albion Buildings, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3AR
Received 4 Mar 1999University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB
Received 9 Mar 199935B Claude Avenue, Bath, BA2 1AG
Received 10 Mar 199993 Coronation Avenue, Bath, BA2 2JX
Received 8 Mar 199995 Coronation Avenue, Bath, BA2 2JX
Received 8 Mar 199997 Coronation Avenue, Bath, BA2 2JX
Received 8 Mar 199944-45 Milsom Street, Bath, BA1 1DN
Received 9 Feb 1999Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG
Received 11 Mar 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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