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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.
11,834 approved · 1,369 refused · 1,724 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 The Batch, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EN
Received 12 Jul 201912 Hansford Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LW
Received 12 Jul 20194 Fox Hill, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5QN
Received 12 Jul 201934 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6LR
Received 12 Jul 20198 Avondale Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RD
Received 12 Jul 20192 Upper Camden Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HX
Received 12 Jul 20192 Upper Camden Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HX
Received 12 Jul 2019Eden House, Farrs Lane, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5DU
Received 12 Jul 2019Unit 3I, St Peter's Park, Cobblers Way, Westfield, Radstock, BA3 3BX
Received 12 Jul 20198 Ash Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2HQ
Received 15 Jul 20197 Lower East Hayes, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AN
Received 15 Jul 20191 The Island, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HQ
Received 13 Jul 201931 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JZ
Received 15 Jul 201913 Entry Hill, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LZ
Received 15 Jul 2019Malthouse Barn East, Main Road, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NN
Received 15 Jul 2019Malthouse Barn East, Main Road, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NN
Received 15 Jul 2019Stable Cottage , Stanton Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SF
Received 15 Jul 201928 Stonehouse Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DW
Received 15 Jul 2019Former Herman Miller Building, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3EL
Received 15 Jul 20191 Chestnut Walk, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3BG
Received 15 Jul 2019West Wood, 7 College Road, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5RS
Received 15 Jul 20193 The Grove, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AT
Received 15 Jul 2019Former Garage Block Rear Of 500A, Wellsway, Bath,
Received 15 Jul 201919 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 15 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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