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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11,279 approved · 1,316 refused · 1,638 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10A Beckford Gardens, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QU
Received 16 May 201941 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BA
Received 16 May 2019West Wood, 7 College Road, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5RS
Received 16 May 201935 St Mary's Rise, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PD
Received 16 May 2019Charlecote, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RJ
Received 16 May 2019124 Old Fosse Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ST
Received 16 May 2019Overwater, 6 Homefield Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EG
Received 16 May 2019Stirtingale Farm, Corston View, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2PJ
Received 16 May 201938 Crocombe Lane, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0JS
Received 17 May 20191 Rose Cottages, Rectory Lane, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0LA
Received 17 May 2019Site Of Onega Centre, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3AG
Received 17 May 2019Land Off Access Rd Off Staples Hill, Access Road Off Staples Hill, Freshford, Bath,
Received 17 May 2019Whitehaven House, 22 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 7QD
Received 17 May 2019The Orchard, Horsecombe Vale, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5QR
Received 17 May 2019Site Of Onega Centre, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3AG
Received 3 May 201950 Faulkland View, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8TG
Received 17 May 2019Lansdown Court, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9DT
Received 17 May 201984 Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BD
Received 17 May 2019Lansdown Court, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9DT
Received 17 May 2019Church Farm Derelict Property, Church Hill, High Littleton, Bristol,
Received 17 May 2019Croquet Lawns, Bath Recreation Ground, Pulteney Mews, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 17 May 201914 Green Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JZ
Received 17 May 2019Land West Of Southway, Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol,
Received 17 May 201962 Cedric Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PB
Received 17 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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