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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11,265 approved · 1,315 refused · 1,635 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parcel 2100, Parkhouse Lane, Keynsham,
Received 7 Jun 20198 Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JX
Received 7 Jun 2019Hope House, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 7 Jun 2019Victoria Bridge Court , Victoria Bridge Road, Kingsmead, Bath, BA1 3AY
Received 7 Jun 2019Graden Farm Cottage, Wycotte Hill, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8RE
Received 7 Jun 2019Parcel 2100, Parkhouse Lane, Keynsham,
Received 7 Jun 2019Land Parcel 7200, Bath Road, Keynsham,
Received 7 Jun 2019Land Parcel 7700, Bath Road, Keynsham,
Received 7 Jun 2019Hope House, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 7 Jun 2019Hope House, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 7 Jun 20192 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EP
Received 7 Jun 2019Poole Farm, Sunnymead Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UW
Received 7 Jun 20191 Kingston Avenue, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3LF
Received 7 Jun 2019Coppersnere, Corston Lane, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AE
Received 8 Jun 201927 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 10 Jun 201939 High Fields, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DH
Received 10 Jun 201929 Eastfield Avenue, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4HH
Received 10 Jun 2019The Old Vicarage, Old School Hill, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DU
Received 10 Jun 20194 The Elms, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BP
Received 10 Jun 2019Bathford House, 31 Church Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RR
Received 10 Jun 2019Hinton House, Branch Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SZ
Received 10 Jun 20199 Highbury Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DU
Received 10 Jun 2019Top Floor , 7 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PZ
Received 10 Jun 2019139 Penn Hill Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RU
Received 10 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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