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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.
11,256 approved · 1,315 refused · 1,635 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Trossachs Drive, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RP
Received 31 May 20194 Marden Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1RW
Received 31 May 2019Manor Barn, Farm Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QU
Received 31 May 201927 Charlcombe Lane, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6NS
Received 31 May 201914 Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SL
Received 31 May 201915 Greenlands Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8EZ
Received 31 May 20191 Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JQ
Received 31 May 20191 Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JQ
Received 31 May 201925 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LT
Received 31 May 20192 Bathwick Villas, Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LS
Received 31 May 2019Unit 1, Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AP
Received 31 May 201973 Leighton Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4NG
Received 31 May 2019Former Purnell Factory Development Site, Oxleaze Way, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 31 May 2019Former Stables, Colliers Lane, Charlcombe, Bath,
Received 31 May 20191 Brunel Square, Bath,
Received 31 May 20191 Brunel Square, Bath,
Received 31 May 20196 - 10 Westgate Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 31 May 20196 - 10 Westgate Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 31 May 2019164 Southlands, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4EB
Received 1 Jun 2019Hill House, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HY
Received 3 Jun 2019Greenleigh Farm, Wells Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QR
Received 1 Jun 2019Prospect House, Upper Mount Pleasant, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7UG
Received 3 Jun 201944 Linnet Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2FP
Received 3 Jun 2019Willow Cottage, Clarendon Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NJ
Received 3 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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