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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.
11,349 approved · 1,321 refused · 1,646 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cambridge House, Charlcombe Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TR
Received 7 Aug 20196 The Tyning, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AL
Received 8 Aug 20195 Park Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XG
Received 8 Aug 20195 Park Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XG
Received 8 Aug 2019Manvers Hall, Old Orchard Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JU
Received 8 Aug 20195 Moorland Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3PJ
Received 8 Aug 2019North Range, Walcot Yard, Walcot Street, Bath,
Received 8 Aug 201911 Chelsea Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3DU
Received 8 Aug 201965 St Ladoc Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2EQ
Received 8 Aug 20198 Vulcan House , St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PS
Received 8 Aug 20199 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 8 Aug 2019James's Brake, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol,
Received 8 Aug 2019Garden Flat 2 Manor Villas, Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PF
Received 8 Aug 2019Poole Farm, Sunnymead Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UW
Received 8 Aug 2019The Hermitage, 20 Somerset Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SW
Received 9 Aug 2019Stable Block, Dewdown, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol,
Received 9 Aug 2019Sunnyside Cottage, Townsend, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BH
Received 9 Aug 20195 Avondale Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RD
Received 9 Aug 201913 - 14 High Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AQ
Received 9 Aug 201960 St George's Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HW
Received 9 Aug 20194 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 9 Aug 20194 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 9 Aug 2019Bristol Barbarians Rfc , Norton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0BT
Received 9 Aug 2019Woodsedge, 44 Flatwoods Road, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AQ
Received 9 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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