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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11,279 approved · 1,316 refused · 1,638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LS
Received 15 May 20197 Cleeve Green, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1SD
Received 15 May 2019Hand Car Wash, 231 - 233 Bath Road, Keynsham, BS31 1TN
Received 15 May 2019Prospect House , St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PR
Received 15 May 2019Prospect House , St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PR
Received 15 May 2019Cloud Hill Farm, Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BX
Received 15 May 2019Cloud Hill Farm, Eastcourt Road, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BX
Received 15 May 2019Site Of 34-35, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath,
Received 15 May 2019The Grange Hotel, 42 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SN
Received 15 May 2019143A Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AL
Received 15 May 201920 St Christopher's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RG
Received 16 May 201914 Kensington Gardens, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6LH
Received 16 May 201915 Lynfield Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4ER
Received 16 May 2019Vallis, Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LS
Received 16 May 2019Parcel 2200, Norton Lane, Wellow, Bath,
Received 16 May 2019St Nicholas Primary School, Kilmersdon Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QH
Received 16 May 2019171 Ringswell Gardens, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BP
Received 16 May 2019Wellsworth , Harford Square, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RA
Received 16 May 20195 Lambridge Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RU
Received 16 May 20195 Lambridge Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RU
Received 16 May 2019Land To Rear Of 24-28 Hazel Terrace, Hazel Terrace, Westfield,
Received 16 May 20192 Oak Avenue, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2HA
Received 16 May 2019Baroda, The Avenue, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5EQ
Received 16 May 20197 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 16 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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