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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11,265 approved · 1,315 refused · 1,635 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Moorland Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3PJ
Received 10 Jun 201967 Holcombe Close, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6UP
Received 10 Jun 2019The Willows, Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BT
Received 7 Jun 201911 St John's Crescent, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2EP
Received 6 Jun 201918 Broadlands Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2DU
Received 10 Jun 201912 Alpine Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SD
Received 10 Jun 2019The Linleys, Packhorse Lane, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DL
Received 11 Jun 2019Hope House, Shaftesbury Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LH
Received 11 Jun 2019Hotel Indigo, 4 - 8 South Parade, City Centre, Bath, BA2 4AB
Received 11 Jun 2019Chew Valley Budgens, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XQ
Received 10 Jun 2019Manor Farm House Nursing Home, Church Street, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QG
Received 10 Jun 2019Well House, School Lane, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7EP
Received 11 Jun 201928 Alderley Road, Southdown, Bath, BA2 1LB
Received 11 Jun 2019Wolverton, 14 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3ND
Received 11 Jun 201988 Brook Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3RP
Received 11 Jun 201940 Chaucer Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SN
Received 11 Jun 2019Fox Hollies, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LA
Received 11 Jun 2019The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc , 8 - 9 Quiet Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JN
Received 11 Jun 201981 Hantone Hill, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XD
Received 11 Jun 2019Chewton Place House, Chewton Road, Chewton Keynsham, Keynsham, BS31 2SX
Received 12 Jun 2019Chewton Place House, Chewton Road, Chewton Keynsham, Keynsham, BS31 2SX
Received 12 Jun 201927 Gournay Court, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UR
Received 12 Jun 2019Priston Village Hall, High Street, Priston, Bath, BA2 9EG
Received 12 Jun 2019478 Wellsway, Bath, BA2 2UB
Received 12 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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