Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
12,073 approved · 1,404 refused · 1,760 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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 Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BX
Received 30 Oct 2019Rookehill Farmhouse, 34 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HT
Received 30 Oct 2019Smithy House, Flower's Hill, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 30 Oct 2019Fir Lodge, 91 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3AE
Received 30 Oct 201910 Hampton Row, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 30 Oct 201982 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3QA
Received 30 Oct 2019Greenbank, Park Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 2XP
Received 30 Oct 201919 Trossachs Drive, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RP
Received 30 Oct 2019Tylehurst, 7 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UH
Received 30 Oct 2019Tylehurst, 7 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UH
Received 30 Oct 2019Chew Valley Budgens, Wick Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, BS39 5XQ
Received 30 Oct 201940 Tyning End, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AW
Received 30 Oct 201914 Meadway, Temple Cloud, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5BD
Received 30 Oct 201940 Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AT
Received 31 Oct 2019Druids Garth, Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath,
Received 31 Oct 2019Keynsham Leisure Centre River Terrace, Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HE
Received 31 Oct 2019155 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1JE
Received 31 Oct 201914 Pera Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NX
Received 31 Oct 20193 Prospect Place, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QP
Received 31 Oct 20193 Prospect Place, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QP
Received 31 Oct 2019Dominos, Ashmead Road, Keynsham, BS31 1SX
Received 31 Oct 201911 Hampton Row, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 31 Oct 2019Former Builders Yard, Temple Inn Lane, Temple Cloud, Bristol,
Received 31 Oct 2019Street Record, Twerton Footbridge, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 31 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage