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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.
11,519 approved · 1,338 refused · 1,663 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 29 Aug 2019104 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3QB
Received 29 Aug 201923 Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DF
Received 29 Aug 2019Milking Parlour, Church Farm Lane, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9EF
Received 30 Aug 2019Street Record, Bath Spa University Campus, Newton St Loe, Bath,
Received 30 Aug 20191 Brunel Square, Bath,
Received 30 Aug 2019Arlington House, Bath Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 30 Aug 2019Hope House, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 30 Aug 2019Glebe House Farm, Main Road, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NW
Received 30 Aug 201926 Barrow Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TE
Received 30 Aug 2019Quoin Cottage 1A Upper Cottages, Southstoke Lane, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DR
Received 30 Aug 2019Little Claverton, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EN
Received 30 Aug 20196 The Elms, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BP
Received 30 Aug 20191 Brunel Square, Bath,
Received 30 Aug 2019Willow Cottage , The Witheys, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0QB
Received 30 Aug 20192 Richardson Place, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5ES
Received 30 Aug 2019The Grange Hotel, 42 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SN
Received 30 Aug 201919 Park Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2TE
Received 30 Aug 201959 Eastover Road, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HZ
Received 30 Aug 2019Basement , 44 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AP
Received 30 Aug 2019Basement , 44 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AP
Received 30 Aug 20193 Audley Close, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XW
Received 30 Aug 2019Ellenborough House, St Saviour's Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RN
Received 31 Aug 20191 Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6BJ
Received 31 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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