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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.
11,436 approved · 1,332 refused · 1,655 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Oak Street, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BR
Received 20 Aug 2019Chelscombe Farm, Fonthill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BA
Received 20 Aug 2019Meadowsweet , Denny Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SZ
Received 20 Aug 2019Avon Studios, Midland Road, Westmoreland, Bath,
Received 20 Aug 201969 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DL
Received 20 Aug 201969 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DL
Received 20 Aug 2019Lower Hinton Farm, Wellow Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7SY
Received 20 Aug 2019All Saints Church, Church Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BT
Received 20 Aug 2019Combe Grove, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HS
Received 20 Aug 2019Combe Grove, Brassknocker Hill, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7HS
Received 20 Aug 2019Car Park Between 2 And 4, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton,
Received 20 Aug 20194 - 5 Lambridge Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RS
Received 20 Aug 20194 - 5 Lambridge Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RS
Received 20 Aug 201911 Hope Place, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LT
Received 20 Aug 201934 Balmoral Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1AN
Received 20 Aug 2019Unregistered Holiday Park, Bridge Place Road, Camerton, Bath,
Received 20 Aug 20193 Seymour Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DY
Received 21 Aug 2019Bathampton Primary School, Tyning Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6TQ
Received 21 Aug 201931 Third Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NY
Received 21 Aug 20197 Wallace Road, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QQ
Received 21 Aug 2019Rose Cottage, North Stoke Lane, North Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AS
Received 21 Aug 2019Lower Dene , 14 Charlcombe Way, Fairfield Park, Bath, BA1 6JZ
Received 21 Aug 2019Bath Honda , Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 4NF
Received 21 Aug 2019166A London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7QU
Received 21 Aug 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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