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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11,267 approved · 1,316 refused · 1,636 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fairfield House , 2 Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3QJ
Received 9 May 201915 Rockliffe Avenue, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QP
Received 9 May 201935 Burnt House Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AQ
Received 9 May 20198 Meadow View, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QT
Received 9 May 2019Hillside Cottage, Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 5TY
Received 9 May 201916 Wells Road, Westfield, BA3 3RH
Received 9 May 2019Woodlands, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HB
Received 9 May 20191 The Island, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HQ
Received 9 May 2019Court Farm House, High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PU
Received 8 May 2019St Marks Community Centre, St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 9 May 201934 Chandag Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1NR
Received 9 May 2019Knowle House, Knowle Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TF
Received 9 May 201921 Prospect Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JD
Received 9 May 2019Freedom House , Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 1EP
Received 9 May 2019Freedom House, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 1EP
Received 9 May 201951 Brookside, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7YR
Received 10 May 2019First Floor Maisonette, 3 London Street, Walcot, Bath, BA1 5BU
Received 10 May 20193 The Orchard, Lower Farm Lane, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AQ
Received 9 May 2019First Floor Maisonette, 3 London Street, Walcot, Bath, BA1 5BU
Received 9 May 20192 St Lawrence Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AN
Received 10 May 2019Woodlands, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HB
Received 10 May 2019Grove Bungalow, Welton Grove, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2TS
Received 10 May 20194 Kilmersdon Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QH
Received 10 May 201912 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ED
Received 10 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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