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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.
11,945 approved · 1,388 refused · 1,744 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 - 10 Seven Dials, Sawclose, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1EN
Received 9 Oct 2019Beech Tree Barn, Priston Lane, Marksbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9HQ
Received 9 Oct 201918 Camden Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HY
Received 9 Oct 2019The Lodge, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SP
Received 9 Oct 201943 Riverside Walk, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PD
Received 9 Oct 201919 Devonshire Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6UB
Received 10 Oct 2019Thrubwell Farm, Thrubwell Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 5TR
Received 10 Oct 20198 Cedric Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PA
Received 10 Oct 201920 Warminster Road, Claverton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BQ
Received 10 Oct 20193 Beckford Gardens, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QT
Received 10 Oct 2019Hope House, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 10 Oct 20199 Cavendish Close, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3LH
Received 10 Oct 201965 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PH
Received 10 Oct 20196 Mill Cottages, The Shallows, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EY
Received 10 Oct 201920 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3PU
Received 10 Oct 2019184 Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Received 10 Oct 2019184 Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Received 10 Oct 2019186A Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EN
Received 10 Oct 2019119 High Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2DA
Received 10 Oct 2019Mount Beacon House, Richmond Hill, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5QR
Received 8 Oct 2019Widcombe Infant School, Archway Street, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 4JG
Received 1 Oct 2019Orchard House, 3 Rotcombe Lane, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6JW
Received 10 Oct 2019Poole Farm, Sunnymead Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UW
Received 10 Oct 2019Branksome, 16 Dene Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PG
Received 10 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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