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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.
11,985 approved · 1,394 refused · 1,749 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3LA
Received 16 Oct 20193 Beckford Gardens, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QT
Received 16 Oct 20199 Rhode Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1XE
Received 16 Oct 2019Fir Tree Cottage, 9 Hamilton Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SB
Received 16 Oct 2019120 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SE
Received 16 Oct 2019Monkton Wyld, Court Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RY
Received 16 Oct 20197 Shaftesbury Avenue, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3DT
Received 16 Oct 2019107 West Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QB
Received 16 Oct 20197 Junction Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NJ
Received 16 Oct 2019The Barn, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6JW
Received 16 Oct 20192 St Lawrence Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AN
Received 16 Oct 201931 James Street West, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BT
Received 16 Oct 2019Westways Garage, Bath Road, Marksbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9HN
Received 16 Oct 2019Meadowbank, Tuckers Lane, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PB
Received 16 Oct 2019Chapel House, Pipehouse, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UJ
Received 16 Oct 201919 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BT
Received 17 Oct 20195 Carlingford Terrace, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QA
Received 17 Oct 201992 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DA
Received 17 Oct 20198 Minster Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RQ
Received 17 Oct 2019Grange Farm, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DW
Received 17 Oct 2019Vijayda, New Road, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6JH
Received 17 Oct 20194 Sydenham Terrace, Tyning Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5EX
Received 17 Oct 2019Widcombe Infant School, Archway Street, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 4JG
Received 17 Oct 2019Parcel 6781 Development Site, Cobblers Way, Westfield, Radstock,
Received 17 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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