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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11,265 approved · 1,315 refused · 1,635 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
228 Haycombe Drive, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1PR
Received 5 Jun 20193 Wheelers Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BX
Received 5 Jun 2019Clan House Lodge, Sydney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NS
Received 5 Jun 2019Methodist Church , 50 Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5TD
Received 5 Jun 201910 Moorledge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TB
Received 6 Jun 201912 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3ND
Received 6 Jun 2019Flat 1 Parkfields, Park Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XP
Received 5 Jun 2019Longrange Farm, Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3HG
Received 6 Jun 20191 Eastbourne Avenue, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EW
Received 6 Jun 201919 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NY
Received 6 Jun 2019231 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3HJ
Received 6 Jun 201910 York Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1NH
Received 6 Jun 20192 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EP
Received 7 Jun 2019Laurel House, 18 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PW
Received 7 Jun 2019Stonecrop 1 Lower Mount Pleasant, Sharpstone Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UB
Received 7 Jun 2019Springbank Lodge , 2 Manor Drive, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7TY
Received 7 Jun 2019219 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RZ
Received 7 Jun 2019The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 7 Jun 201931 Belvedere, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HR
Received 7 Jun 2019STREET RECORD, Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath,
Received 7 Jun 2019The Pig & Fiddle , 2 Saracen Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BR
Received 7 Jun 2019112 Wellow Lane, Peasedown St. John, Bath, BA2 8JS
Received 7 Jun 2019The Pig & Fiddle , 2 Saracen Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BR
Received 7 Jun 2019Jolly Barn, Chew Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8HJ
Received 7 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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