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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.
11,279 approved · 1,316 refused · 1,638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Green Park Mews, Kingsmead, Bath,
Received 13 May 2019Broadlands Farm, St Francis Road, Keynsham, BS31 2EB
Received 13 May 2019Carpenters , The Chalks, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SN
Received 14 May 2019Knowle Hill Farm, Knowle Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TE
Received 14 May 20191 Sunnyside, Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QG
Received 14 May 20191 Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JQ
Received 14 May 2019Unit G5 , Second Avenue, Westfield, BA3 4BH
Received 14 May 201953 Minster Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RJ
Received 14 May 2019Springhill House, White Ox Mead Lane, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PL
Received 14 May 2019Land Adjoining Number 15, Coombend, Radstock,
Received 14 May 201939 Kensington Gardens, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LH
Received 14 May 201951 Hurn Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1RR
Received 14 May 20197 Sion Hill Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SJ
Received 14 May 20191 Bathway Meadows, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, BA1 7DD
Received 14 May 2019106 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5DJ
Received 14 May 201917 The Batch, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DR
Received 14 May 201917 The Batch, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DR
Received 14 May 2019Land And Buildings Between The Spinney And Barn Cottage, Old Bristol Road, Keynsham,
Received 15 May 2019The Chalet, Winterfield Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RQ
Received 15 May 201915 High Street, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3ED
Received 15 May 2019Hedgemead Court, Margaret's Hill, Walcot, Bath, BA1 5NU
Received 15 May 2019Amarone, Beau Nash House, 9 St John's Place, Bath, BA1 1EU
Received 15 May 201930 Apsley Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LP
Received 15 May 2019Cothay , St Stephen's Road, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5PH
Received 15 May 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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