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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.
11,913 approved · 1,379 refused · 1,729 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pizza Express, 1 - 3 Barton Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1HQ
Received 24 Jul 2019Rectory Cottage, Anchor Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 24 Jul 2019Tanglewood, Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LS
Received 24 Jul 201930 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PQ
Received 24 Jul 2019Percy Community Centre, New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BN
Received 24 Jul 2019Upper Farm, Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BX
Received 25 Jul 2019Upper Farm, Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BX
Received 25 Jul 201910 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2PZ
Received 21 Jul 2019Jva Travel, Coombend, Radstock,
Received 22 Jul 201971 Meadow Park, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7PY
Received 25 Jul 2019Former Ministry Of Defence Foxhill Premises, Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath,
Received 25 Jul 2019Empty Premises, 5 High Street, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 25 Jul 2019Flat 6, Waterfront House, 211 Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3DQ
Received 25 Jul 20198 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YD
Received 25 Jul 2019Riverside, Bath Road, Kelston, Bath, BA1 9DZ
Received 26 Jul 20193 Fersfield, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AR
Received 26 Jul 2019Micela, Bath Road, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DT
Received 26 Jul 2019Bath Cricket Club, North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EX
Received 26 Jul 201929 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JQ
Received 26 Jul 2019Site Of Former Nursery, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath,
Received 26 Jul 201915 Porlock Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PG
Received 26 Jul 2019Keynsham Conservative Club , 22 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1DQ
Received 26 Jul 201957 Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3BE
Received 26 Jul 2019Parcel 3131, Tucking Mill Lane, Midford, Bath,
Received 26 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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