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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.
12,109 approved · 1,410 refused · 1,765 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Riverside Gardens, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2NS
Received 5 Nov 201940 Gladstone Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HL
Received 5 Nov 2019Lower Twinhoe Farm Cottage, Lower Twinhoe, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QY
Received 6 Nov 2019Lower Twinhoe Farm Cottage, Lower Twinhoe, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QY
Received 6 Nov 2019Mitchells & Butlers Retail Ltd, Old Police Station, Orange Grove, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1LP
Received 6 Nov 201944 Lansdown Heights, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AE
Received 6 Nov 201945 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DF
Received 6 Nov 2019Upper Farm, Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BX
Received 6 Nov 2019669 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TZ
Received 6 Nov 201918 Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RA
Received 6 Nov 201910 Gloucester Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AR
Received 6 Nov 2019Street Record, Langridge Lane, Langridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 6 Nov 201971 Hillcrest Drive, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1HD
Received 6 Nov 2019Rosebank, Common Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JU
Received 6 Nov 201933 Chaucer Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SL
Received 6 Nov 201923 Lambridge Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RU
Received 7 Nov 201931 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 7 Nov 201942 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AD
Received 7 Nov 201965 Cedric Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PE
Received 7 Nov 2019Meadowsweet, Denny Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SZ
Received 7 Nov 2019Comfort Inn, 27 - 29 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6LR
Received 7 Nov 2019Carter Images, 1 Georges Place, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4EN
Received 7 Nov 20197 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5EX
Received 7 Nov 2019School Chapel, 159 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath,
Received 7 Nov 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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