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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11,279 approved · 1,316 refused · 1,639 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Tyning End, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AW
Received 23 May 201914 Elm Grove, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AZ
Received 23 May 201910 Maple Gardens, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AG
Received 23 May 201928 Denmark Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3RE
Received 23 May 2019Herman Miller Uk, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EL
Received 23 May 2019Street Record, Camden Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 23 May 2019Keynsham Leisure Centre River Terrace, Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HE
Received 23 May 20191 Pitway Close, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TE
Received 23 May 2019The Pig & Fiddle , 2 Saracen Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BR
Received 22 May 20192 Sunnymead, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1JD
Received 23 May 201912 Elm Place, Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AB
Received 23 May 201949 Sladebrook Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LP
Received 23 May 2019Parcel 6750, Double House Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 23 May 201937 Priory Close, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HZ
Received 23 May 201936 Bristol Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3EE
Received 23 May 20195 St Ann's Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BT
Received 23 May 2019Pensford Garage, New Road, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AR
Received 23 May 2019Lias Cottage, 65 The Batch, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0AJ
Received 23 May 201917 Fuller Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BB
Received 24 May 20193 Church Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NL
Received 24 May 201921 Junction Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NH
Received 24 May 2019Proposed Development Site, Roseberry Road, Twerton, Bath,
Received 24 May 2019The Wight House, College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RU
Received 24 May 201911 Sixpence, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HA
Received 24 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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