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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.
11,888 approved · 1,377 refused · 1,728 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
82 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BA
Received 19 Jul 2019Maisonette Sub Basement , 32 Park Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2TF
Received 20 Jul 201940 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RF
Received 20 Jul 2019Old Stables, Stanton Road, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4JJ
Received 20 Jul 201911 Brunswick Street, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PQ
Received 21 Jul 2019Milford House, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SY
Received 22 Jul 2019Nursery Farm, New Road, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NB
Received 22 Jul 201915 First Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NW
Received 22 Jul 20193 Meare Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PP
Received 22 Jul 2019The Manor, Bradford Road, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EA
Received 22 Jul 20192 Dorset Cottages, Tyning Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5EL
Received 22 Jul 2019Little Ridgeway, 10 Morris Lane, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7PP
Received 22 Jul 201937 Burnt House Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AQ
Received 22 Jul 201984 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AR
Received 22 Jul 2019Church Farm Buildings, Ford Road, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8QF
Received 22 Jul 2019St John's Ambulance Hall, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0JJ
Received 22 Jul 201910 Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6BJ
Received 22 Jul 201910 Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6BJ
Received 22 Jul 2019Fernley Cottage, Church Hill, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HF
Received 22 Jul 2019Vicarage Lawns, Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HF
Received 22 Jul 2019Land Between Leamon Cottage And Mendip Villas, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 22 Jul 2019103 Fairfield Park Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JR
Received 22 Jul 2019Midsomer Norton Sports Centre , Gullock Tyning, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2SY
Received 22 Jul 2019St Johns Ce Va Primary School, Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2JN
Received 22 Jul 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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