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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.
11,844 approved · 1,370 refused · 1,724 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Quiet Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JS
Received 15 Jul 2019228 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3LG
Received 15 Jul 2019Myrtoe Cottage, 19 Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, BA1 9AG
Received 15 Jul 2019Dukes Barn, 4 The Reddings, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AS
Received 15 Jul 201963 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AW
Received 15 Jul 2019Sainsburys Supermarkets Limited Green Park Station, Green Park Road, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2DR
Received 15 Jul 201945 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DF
Received 15 Jul 2019Upper Farm, Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BX
Received 15 Jul 201912 Mount Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1JS
Received 16 Jul 2019Cherrywood, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AY
Received 16 Jul 2019276 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ES
Received 16 Jul 2019Cleeves Cottage, Gassons, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8LW
Received 16 Jul 201940 Bloomfield Park, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BX
Received 16 Jul 2019Horseworld Development Site, Staunton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol,
Received 16 Jul 201962 Greenway Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LL
Received 16 Jul 2019Redhill House, Red Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0NY
Received 16 Jul 20191 Fersfield, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AR
Received 16 Jul 201946 Hansford Square, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LJ
Received 16 Jul 20193 Lower Camden Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JJ
Received 16 Jul 20197 Park Street, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 16 Jul 2019Fir Lodge , 91 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3AE
Received 16 Jul 2019Westoe, Gloucester Road, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8BH
Received 16 Jul 2019Newbridge House, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XE
Received 16 Jul 2019410 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3DH
Received 16 Jul 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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