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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.
11,393 approved · 1,326 refused · 1,650 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Breach Hill Farm Wilson, Breach Hill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YG
Received 14 Aug 2019Parcel 6100, Dunkerton Hill, Dunkerton, Bath,
Received 13 Aug 2019266 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ES
Received 14 Aug 2019Montague House, Lambridge Street, Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6RX
Received 14 Aug 2019Lansdown Grange Farm, Osbournes Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4DS
Received 14 Aug 201931 Rush Hill, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2QN
Received 14 Aug 201952 Ashgrove, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8EF
Received 14 Aug 201988 Vernham Grove, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TB
Received 14 Aug 2019Weaver Demolition Ltd Unit 1, Farrington Fields Trading Estate, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UU
Received 14 Aug 20192 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EP
Received 14 Aug 201923 Eastville, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QN
Received 14 Aug 201934 Roundhill Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1JT
Received 14 Aug 2019The Gate House, The Barton, Corston, Bath, BA2 9AN
Received 14 Aug 2019152A Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SE
Received 14 Aug 2019The Brass Mill, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2UG
Received 14 Aug 201925 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 14 Aug 201925 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 14 Aug 201949 Rockliffe Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QW
Received 14 Aug 201923 High Street, Upper Weston, Bath,
Received 14 Aug 201923 High Street, Upper Weston, Bath,
Received 14 Aug 2019Nempnett Farm, Greenhouse Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 7UZ
Received 15 Aug 20191 Manor Copse Road, Writhlington, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LA
Received 15 Aug 2019Telecommunication Mast Ba0130, Princess Anne Wing, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath,
Received 15 Aug 2019Tolzey Cottage, Penn Hill Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SJ
Received 15 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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