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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.
11,267 approved · 1,315 refused · 1,636 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2HB
Received 27 Jun 2019Redlands, Bristol Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3EE
Received 27 Jun 2019Comfort Inn, 27 - 29 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6LR
Received 27 Jun 2019Comfort Inn, 27 - 29 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6LR
Received 27 Jun 201917 The Paragon, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5LX
Received 20 Jun 2019First Floor , 14 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EX
Received 27 Jun 2019Southview, High Street, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7WE
Received 27 Jun 2019Cherry Garth, Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AA
Received 27 Jun 201964 Cedric Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PB
Received 27 Jun 201922 Chandos Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2DB
Received 26 Jun 20191 Beckford Court, Warminster Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RF
Received 27 Jun 2019Oxleaze Farm, Greenhouse Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 7UZ
Received 27 Jun 2019Haygarth Court, Lansdown Grove, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EL
Received 27 Jun 2019Resourceful Earth Ltd, Charlton Field Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, BS31 2TN
Received 27 Jun 2019Former Purnell Factory Development Site, Oxleaze Way, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 27 Jun 2019Former Herman Miller Building, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3EL
Received 27 Jun 2019Former Herman Miller Building, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3EL
Received 27 Jun 20191 Mendip Bungalow, The Wrangle, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6LB
Received 27 Jun 2019Chew Cottage , Mill Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HX
Received 27 Jun 2019Chew Cottage , Mill Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HX
Received 27 Jun 2019Smithy House, Flower's Hill, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 28 Jun 2019117 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3PT
Received 28 Jun 201941 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7EG
Received 28 Jun 2019Comfort Inn, 27 - 29 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6LR
Received 28 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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