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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11,267 approved · 1,316 refused · 1,636 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kelston House, Kelston Road, Kelston, Bath, BA1 9AF
Received 7 May 20191 Dowding Villas, Dowding Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QH
Received 7 May 2019The Rectory, Tunbridge Close, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SU
Received 7 May 2019Flat 16 Bedford Court, Bedford Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PH
Received 7 May 2019Parcel 3100, Charlton Road, Keynsham,
Received 7 May 2019Princess Anne Wing, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 7 May 201914 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AX
Received 7 May 201964 Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BE
Received 7 May 2019B A Secondhand Shop, 1C Rivers Street Place, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2RS
Received 7 May 2019Part Of Pig & Fiddle, 32 Broad Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 2 May 201930 Church Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BU
Received 8 May 201930 Church Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BU
Received 8 May 201965 Langdon Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LT
Received 8 May 2019Land West Of Wheelers Road, Wheelers Road, Midsomer Norton,
Received 8 May 2019163 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DW
Received 8 May 201924 Culvers Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2DW
Received 8 May 2019Pear Tree Cottage, Breach Hill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YA
Received 8 May 20195 Priory Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AL
Received 8 May 2019Sunnyside, Whistley Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HD
Received 8 May 201914 Cotswold View, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1HA
Received 8 May 20195 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3ND
Received 8 May 2019175 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AU
Received 8 May 201915 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JX
Received 8 May 2019Site Of 34-35, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath,
Received 8 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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