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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.
11,278 approved · 1,316 refused · 1,638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BN
Received 10 May 2019Curls Cottage, Moorledge Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TJ
Received 10 May 2019Garden Flat , 12 Widcombe Crescent, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AH
Received 10 May 20196 Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QN
Received 10 May 2019Street Record, The Corridor, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 10 May 2019Flower And Hayes Ltd, North Road, Timsbury, Bath,
Received 10 May 2019Sports Training Village, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7BT
Received 10 May 201939 The Brow, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1EA
Received 8 May 20193 The Orchard, Lower Farm Lane, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AQ
Received 10 May 20191 Fersfield, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AR
Received 11 May 2019258 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7RA
Received 12 May 2019Willow Barn , Lower Farm Lane, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AQ
Received 12 May 2019114 - 116 Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BG
Received 13 May 2019114 - 116 Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BG
Received 13 May 201920 Blenheim Gardens, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6NL
Received 13 May 2019Parcel 2727, Kingshill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol,
Received 13 May 2019Lansdown House, Church Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BT
Received 13 May 2019Kingham, Summer Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EU
Received 13 May 20196 Lambridge Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RU
Received 13 May 2019Bathwick House, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NX
Received 13 May 2019Bathwick House, Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NX
Received 13 May 201913 Camden Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HY
Received 13 May 20197 Pioneer Avenue, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5QX
Received 13 May 201925 Green Park Mews, Kingsmead, Bath,
Received 13 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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