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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11,267 approved · 1,316 refused · 1,636 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Paulmont Villa, Paulmont Rise, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5DT
Received 1 Jul 201925 Maple Grove, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3AF
Received 1 Jul 201911 Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BX
Received 1 Jul 2019Widcombe Hill House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AE
Received 1 Jul 2019Widcombe Hill House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AE
Received 1 Jul 201923 St Christopher's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RG
Received 1 Jul 201915 Belgrave Crescent, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JU
Received 1 Jul 20192 Dowding Villas, Dowding Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QH
Received 1 Jul 2019Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath,
Received 1 Jul 20197 Primrose Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2US
Received 1 Jul 201911 Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NG
Received 1 Jul 2019Marks And Spencer, 16 - 18 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1QB
Received 2 Jul 2019276 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RA
Received 2 Jul 2019Fairash Poultry Farm , Compton Martin Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6EQ
Received 2 Jul 201972 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RU
Received 2 Jul 201916 Heathfield Close, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4NW
Received 2 Jul 201940 Meare Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PP
Received 2 Jul 2019Land Parcel 7200, Bath Road, Keynsham,
Received 21 Jun 201928 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3JZ
Received 2 Jul 2019Downside House, Red Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0NY
Received 2 Jul 2019Downside House, Red Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0NY
Received 2 Jul 201974 Leighton Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4NG
Received 2 Jul 2019The Fine Cheese Company, 29 - 31 Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BN
Received 2 Jul 2019Walcot Service Station Dover Terrace, London Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PF
Received 2 Jul 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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