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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.
12,036 approved · 1,401 refused · 1,753 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Paulton Sewage Works, Bristol Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NX
Received 23 Oct 2019Hinton Garage Bath Ltd Demolished, Hinton Garage, Albion Place, Kingsmead, Bath,
Received 23 Oct 2019Coventry Building Society , 2A Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2JQ
Received 23 Oct 2019Coventry Building Society , 2A Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2JQ
Received 23 Oct 2019Tesco, Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SW
Received 23 Oct 2019Street Record, St Chad's Green, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 23 Oct 201918 Rowacres, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2LH
Received 23 Oct 2019Wyndles, Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NL
Received 23 Oct 201918 Alpine Gardens, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PE
Received 23 Oct 201913 Hazel Terrace, Westfield, BA3 4BG
Received 23 Oct 201957 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SL
Received 23 Oct 201962 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3PU
Received 23 Oct 2019St Patrick's Court, Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6ER
Received 23 Oct 20199 Linden Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YB
Received 23 Oct 2019Homebase Ltd, Pines Way, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3ET
Received 23 Oct 201913 West Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QB
Received 23 Oct 201916 Faulkland Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LS
Received 23 Oct 201915 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 23 Oct 2019Sydney Wharf Railway Bridge, Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 23 Oct 2019Bridge Over Railway, Sydney Road, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 23 Oct 2019Norton Lane Farm, Norton Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QR
Received 23 Oct 2019Stones Cross Hotel, 2 North Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2QD
Received 24 Oct 2019Flat 1 The Old Rectory, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TT
Received 24 Oct 201948 Birch Road, Westfield, BA3 3TP
Received 24 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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