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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.
12,028 approved · 1,397 refused · 1,753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
128 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3LD
Received 22 Oct 2019Norton Hill Primary School, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2UD
Received 22 Oct 20192 Maesbury Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1JR
Received 22 Oct 2019Chesterfield House, 2 Beechwood Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JS
Received 22 Oct 20193 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AH
Received 22 Oct 2019The Pig & Fiddle , 2 Saracen Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BR
Received 22 Oct 2019The Pig & Fiddle , 2 Saracen Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BR
Received 22 Oct 20193 Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5BL
Received 22 Oct 201965 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PH
Received 22 Oct 2019Kielder Demolished Property, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol,
Received 22 Oct 2019Flat 2 , 8 Walcot Parade, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NF
Received 22 Oct 2019Blue Cedar Bungalow, Camden Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JB
Received 22 Oct 201962 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 22 Oct 2019Applewood, Streamleaze, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SE
Received 22 Oct 201916 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UJ
Received 22 Oct 2019Tolzey Cottage, Penn Hill Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SJ
Received 22 Oct 201925 St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 22 Oct 201936 Fosseway South, Midsomer Norton, BA3 4AN
Received 22 Oct 2019Hortum House , Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4HD
Received 22 Oct 2019Bath Cricket Club, North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EX
Received 22 Oct 2019The Bath Studio School, The Link School, Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath,
Received 22 Oct 2019Tolzey Cottage, Penn Hill Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SJ
Received 22 Oct 2019Stone Walls, Beechwood Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JS
Received 23 Oct 201928 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3JZ
Received 23 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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