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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11,267 approved · 1,316 refused · 1,636 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Swithuns Gate, Ostlings Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RW
Received 3 Jul 2019Willow Barn , Lower Farm Lane, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AQ
Received 3 Jul 2019Lyncombe Court, Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LR
Received 3 Jul 20193 Somerville Close, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3HT
Received 3 Jul 2019Northfield Villa, Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, BA1 5PR
Received 3 Jul 201949 - 50 Meadow Park, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7PY
Received 3 Jul 2019181 Haycombe Drive, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1PP
Received 3 Jul 2019Silverwood, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HP
Received 2 Jul 2019West Brow, Belmont Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JR
Received 7 May 2019West Brow, Belmont Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JR
Received 7 May 201992 Lays Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2LE
Received 6 May 20191 Greenway Crescent , Greenway Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, BA2 4FB
Received 6 May 2019White Chimneys, Paulton Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, BS39 6EG
Received 7 May 20196 Walcot Parade, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NF
Received 7 May 2019Avon Studios, Midland Road, Westmoreland, Bath,
Received 7 May 2019Woodside, Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XL
Received 7 May 2019Garden Flat Chalcroft, 96 Lower Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3HS
Received 7 May 201916 Sunnybank, Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NA
Received 7 May 2019Greycot, Warleigh Lane, Bathford, Bath,
Received 7 May 201942A Cynthia Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QG
Received 7 May 201942A Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AD
Received 7 May 201949 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EE
Received 7 May 2019King Edwards School, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HY
Received 7 May 201912 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3ND
Received 7 May 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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