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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11,265 approved · 1,315 refused · 1,636 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Bartholomew Row, South Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0EJ
Received 14 Jun 201954 Meadow Park, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7PY
Received 14 Jun 2019First Floor , 93 Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NE
Received 14 Jun 201930 Prospect Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JD
Received 15 Jun 201930 Prospect Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JD
Received 15 Jun 201942 Lansdown Crescent, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0JX
Received 17 Jun 2019144 Southlands, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4EB
Received 15 Jun 201941 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NA
Received 16 Jun 20199 Balmoral Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1AL
Received 16 Jun 20193 Quarry Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LP
Received 17 Jun 201946 Edward Street, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BR
Received 13 Jun 2019Double Hill Farm, Double Hill, Shoscombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PT
Received 17 Jun 201936 Bristol Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3EE
Received 17 Jun 201921 Wells Square, Westfield, BA3 3UF
Received 17 Jun 201918 Brock Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2LW
Received 17 Jun 2019Darlington Mews Garages, Darlington Mews, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EW
Received 17 Jun 201923 Fosseway Cottages, Wells Road, Westfield, BA3 3TY
Received 17 Jun 2019Bloomfield Bowling Club, 98 Wellsway, Bath, BA2 4SD
Received 17 Jun 201914 Charlton Park, Midsomer Norton, BA3 4BN
Received 17 Jun 2019Bloomfield Bowling Club, 98 Wellsway, Bath, BA2 4SD
Received 17 Jun 2019Tanglewood Cottage, Nempnett Street, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YS
Received 17 Jun 2019Griffin Inn, Monmouth Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AP
Received 17 Jun 2019Parcel 0006, Maynard Terrace, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 17 Jun 20194 - 5 Newmarket Row, Grand Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4AN
Received 17 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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