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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.
11,459 approved · 1,335 refused · 1,659 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Open Space Between Underwood And The Coombe, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 21 Aug 201936 Oak Street, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BR
Received 21 Aug 20198 Prior Park Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NP
Received 21 Aug 2019Orchard House, 1 Cleveland Villas, Darlington Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6NL
Received 22 Aug 201983 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2QH
Received 22 Aug 2019E P Mallory & Son Ltd , 1 - 5 Bridge Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4AP
Received 22 Aug 201936 Waldegrave Terrace, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3EY
Received 22 Aug 2019Site Of 34-35, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath,
Received 22 Aug 2019Mitchells & Butlers Retail Ltd, Old Police Station, Orange Grove, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1LP
Received 22 Aug 2019Mitchells & Butlers Retail Ltd, Old Police Station, Orange Grove, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1LP
Received 22 Aug 20192 Eleanor Close, Twerton, Bath, BA2 1QL
Received 22 Aug 2019Birchgrove House , 3 Hazel Barrow, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JX
Received 23 Aug 20192 Nightingale Way, Westfield, BA3 4NL
Received 23 Aug 2019Unregistered House Known As The Chalet, Avon Cottages, Avon Lane, Saltford,
Received 23 Aug 2019Unregistered Caravan, Avon Cottages, Avon Lane, Saltford,
Received 23 Aug 2019Oldfield School, Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AB
Received 23 Aug 2019Parcel 5400, Fosseway South, Midsomer Norton,
Received 23 Aug 2019Mistledene, The Reddings, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AS
Received 23 Aug 2019Flat A , 8 Norfolk Buildings, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BP
Received 23 Aug 2019Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath,
Received 23 Aug 2019Site Of Onega Centre, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3AG
Received 23 Aug 2019Site Of Onega Centre, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3AG
Received 23 Aug 2019Site Of Onega Centre, Upper Bristol Road, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3AG
Received 23 Aug 201927 James Street West, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2BT
Received 23 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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