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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.
11,412 approved · 1,328 refused · 1,654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 3 , 8 Edward Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DU
Received 15 Aug 201929 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 15 Aug 201917 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2PH
Received 15 Aug 201929 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 15 Aug 201929 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 15 Aug 2019487 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3BA
Received 15 Aug 201936 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7QH
Received 15 Aug 201937 St George's Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HW
Received 15 Aug 201927 Vernham Grove, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TA
Received 15 Aug 2019Street Record, St Chad's Green, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 15 Aug 2019Gables, Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NL
Received 15 Aug 20191 Garrick Road, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QX
Received 16 Aug 2019University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY
Received 16 Aug 2019Camerton Church School, Camerton Hill, Camerton, Bath, BA2 0PS
Received 16 Aug 2019Tolzey Cottage, Penn Hill Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SJ
Received 16 Aug 2019The Limes, Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AB
Received 16 Aug 2019Red Lion, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NW
Received 16 Aug 20192 Lower Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3HL
Received 16 Aug 2019Street Record, Welton Vale, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 16 Aug 20193 Georges Place, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EN
Received 16 Aug 2019Pony & Trap, Newtown, Moorledge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8TQ
Received 16 Aug 201935 - 37 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HZ
Received 16 Aug 20197 Northumberland Place, Bath, BA1 5AR
Received 16 Aug 20197 Northumberland Place, Bath, BA1 5AR
Received 16 Aug 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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