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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.
11,941 approved · 1,387 refused · 1,739 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Upper Farm, Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BX
Received 30 Jul 2019161 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DW
Received 30 Jul 2019Tower House, Kelston Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AF
Received 30 Jul 2019The Stables, 1A Bellotts Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3RT
Received 8 Oct 201927 Gournay Court, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6UR
Received 8 Oct 2019Pilgrims House, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, BS40 8TZ
Received 8 Oct 201922 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LT
Received 8 Oct 2019Former Keynsham Fire Station, Temple Street, Keynsham, BS31 1EL
Received 8 Oct 201911 Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JS
Received 8 Oct 2019Field South Of Boyers, Summer Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath,
Received 8 Oct 2019Beechwood House, Prospect Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AY
Received 8 Oct 2019Beechwood House, Prospect Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AY
Received 8 Oct 201916 Margaret's Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LP
Received 8 Oct 201916 Margaret's Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LP
Received 8 Oct 2019Flat 3 First Floor , 5 Portland Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2RU
Received 8 Oct 201983 - 84 Gloucester Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AU
Received 8 Oct 201968 Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NE
Received 8 Oct 2019Flat 1 , 18 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5EX
Received 9 Oct 2019Elm Grove Farm, Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol,
Received 8 Oct 2019Monksilver Cottage, Widcombe Common, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HP
Received 9 Oct 20199 Ashmead, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BG
Received 9 Oct 201983 - 84 Gloucester Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AU
Received 9 Oct 2019Lansdown Court, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9DT
Received 9 Oct 20197 Lower Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1QR
Received 9 Oct 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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