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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71,446 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Halfway House, 130 Kelston Road, Bath, BA1 9AB
Received 26 Feb 1999Motorway Tyres Limited, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 3BN
Received 26 Feb 199920 Chelwood Drive, Bath, BA2 2PR
Received 26 Feb 19995 Oakfield Close, Bath, BA1 2XR
Received 1 Mar 199925 Purlewent Drive, Bath, BA1 4AZ
Received 24 Feb 1999Royal Hotel, Manvers Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1JP
Received 26 Feb 1999Paragon School, Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LT
Received 25 Feb 1999National Car Rentals, 1 Brassmill Lane, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3JE
Received 2 Feb 199920 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5DQ
Received 23 Feb 1999Royal Hotel, Manvers Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1JP
Received 26 Feb 1999Sainsburys Petrol Station, Pines Way, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3ET
Received 18 Feb 1999Glenburnie, 159 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5JN
Received 1 Mar 1999Sainsburys Petrol Station, Pines Way, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3ET
Received 3 Mar 1999Glenburnie, 159 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5JN
Received 1 Mar 1999Sainsburys Petrol Station, Pines Way, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3ET
Received 3 Mar 199932 Bathwick Street, Bath, BA2 6NZ
Received 2 Mar 1999Sainsburys Petrol Station, Pines Way, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3ET
Received 18 Feb 199932 Bathwick Street, Bath, BA2 6NZ
Received 2 Mar 1999Sainsburys Petrol Station, Pines Way, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3ET
Received 17 Feb 19991 Lansdown Heights, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5AE
Received 1 Feb 1999Paragon School, Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LT
Received 25 Feb 19999 Hamilton Road, Bath, BA1 5SB
Received 1 Mar 19991 Northumberland Buildings, Bath, BA1 2JB
Received 1 Mar 19994 Bladud Buildings, Bath, BA1 5LS
Received 1 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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