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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bath and North East Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,265 approved · 1,315 refused · 1,636 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
South Cottage, High Street, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WE
Received 17 Jun 201924 Bloomfield Drive, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BG
Received 17 Jun 2019Wolverton, 14 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3ND
Received 17 Jun 2019Cedarwood House, 2 Hermitage Road, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5SN
Received 17 Jun 20192 Upper Camden Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HX
Received 17 Jun 20192 Russell Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 14 Jun 2019Dray Cottage, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0LD
Received 17 Jun 201920 Westfield Close, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EB
Received 18 Jun 2019Curtsons (radstock) Ltd, Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 5TX
Received 18 Jun 2019Naille, Tadwick Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8BX
Received 18 Jun 2019University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY
Received 18 Jun 201919 Summerhill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UP
Received 18 Jun 2019Ground Floor, 7 Sydney Wharf, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4EF
Received 18 Jun 2019Land North Of Highbanks, The Street, Stowey, Bristol,
Received 17 Jun 2019Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath,
Received 17 Jun 20195 Squire Lane, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PP
Received 18 Jun 2019190 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DN
Received 18 Jun 2019Fleetlands, Weston Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AL
Received 18 Jun 201919 Napier Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LN
Received 18 Jun 2019Blannings, Ringspit Lane, Publow, Bristol,
Received 18 Jun 2019Signal Box, Railway Lane, Wellow, Bath,
Received 18 Jun 2019Bath Property Management Ltd Artisans Yard, The Smallholdings, Claude Avenue, Twerton, Bath, BA2 1AF
Received 18 Jun 2019Upper Floor , 16 Lower Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1QR
Received 18 Jun 2019Upper Floor , 16 Lower Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1QR
Received 18 Jun 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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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