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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.
11,599 approved · 1,347 refused · 1,674 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BZ
Received 6 Sept 2019Hay Barn, Widcombe Hill, Hinton Blewett, Bristol,
Received 6 Sept 20191 Audley Avenue, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BL
Received 6 Sept 2019Bloomfield Bowling Club, 98 Wellsway, Bath, BA2 4SD
Received 6 Sept 2019Land Adjoining Number 15, Coombend, Radstock,
Received 6 Sept 2019Old Lime Kiln Farm, Radford Hill, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0QQ
Received 6 Sept 2019Tilly Barn, The Street, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EB
Received 6 Sept 201935 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 6 Sept 2019Weaver Demolition Ltd Unit 1, Farrington Fields Trading Estate, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UU
Received 6 Sept 201963 Lower Whitelands, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JP
Received 6 Sept 2019Longlands House, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EX
Received 7 Sept 2019Parcel 6100, Dunkerton Hill, Dunkerton, Bath,
Received 9 Sept 201911 Pera Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NX
Received 9 Sept 2019Barcroft, Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LP
Received 9 Sept 20194 Downside Close, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XF
Received 9 Sept 2019Former Ministry Of Defence Foxhill Premises, Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath,
Received 9 Sept 20195 George Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BW
Received 9 Sept 2019Bellevue Farm , West Town Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, BS40 7XD
Received 9 Sept 2019Manor Farm, Old School Hill, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DP
Received 9 Sept 2019Parcel 9176, Langley's Lane, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 9 Sept 20195 Beresford Close, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3HU
Received 9 Sept 2019The Paddock, Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DY
Received 9 Sept 201976 Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BG
Received 10 Sept 201976 Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BG
Received 10 Sept 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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