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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
71,445 approved · 10,150 refused · 6,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Elm Grove, Swainswick, Bath, BA1 7AZ
Received 21 Apr 1999University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB
Received 21 Apr 199941 Claude Avenue, Bath, BA2 1AG
Received 20 Apr 199957A Triangle North, Bath, BA2 3JB
Received 19 Apr 1999RSPCA Cats And Dogs Home, The Avenue , Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AZ
Received 13 Apr 1999Winsley, Hayesfield Park, Bath, BA2 4QE
Received 23 Apr 1999Hadfield Place, The Firs , Bath, BA2 5ED
Received 21 Apr 199975A Englishcombe Lane, Bath, BA2 2EH
Received 19 Apr 1999Meriden Cottage, Weston Road, Bath, BA1 2XZ
Received 21 Apr 1999Grosvenor Villa, Grosvenor Bridge Road, Bath, BA1 6BB
Received 23 Apr 1999Enzo's Takeaway, 18A Upper Borough Walls, Bath, BA1 1RJ
Received 21 Apr 1999University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB
Received 20 Apr 199911 Lansdown Crescent, Bath, BA1 5EX
Received 23 Apr 1999Enzo's Takeaway, 18A Upper Borough Walls, Bath, BA1 1RJ
Received 21 Apr 199910 Englishcombe Way, Bath, BA2 2EU
Received 19 Apr 1999House Of Bath, 1 St Andrew's Terrace, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2QR
Received 22 Apr 19992 Forum Buildings, Bath, BA1 1UG
Received 23 Apr 19992 Forum Buildings, Bath, BA1 1UG
Received 23 Apr 199978 Bloomfield Rise, Bath, BA2 2BN
Received 28 Apr 1999Wansdyke House, Claverton Down Road, Bath, BA2 7AS
Received 26 Apr 1999Oriel Lodge, Oriel Gardens, Bath, BA1 7AS
Received 22 Apr 1999Wansdyke House, Claverton Down Road, Bath, BA2 7AS
Received 26 Apr 1999Oriel Lodge, Oriel Gardens, Bath, BA1 7AS
Received 22 Apr 199945 Cranwells Park, Weston, Bath, BA1 2YE
Received 26 Apr 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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