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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.
12,393 approved · 1,438 refused · 1,811 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Red House Bakery, 90C Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BG
Received 16 Sept 2019The Old Red House Bakery, 90C Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BG
Received 16 Sept 2019Brookside, Wells Road, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AY
Received 16 Sept 20191 Bannerdown Road, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7ND
Received 16 Sept 2019Sion Cottage , 23 Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2UL
Received 16 Sept 2019Parcel 2100, Parkhouse Lane, Keynsham,
Received 16 Sept 2019Street Record, Warminster Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 16 Sept 2019Portugal House, 47 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
Received 16 Sept 2019Portugal House, 47 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
Received 16 Sept 201977 Holcombe Close, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6UP
Received 17 Sept 2019Land Adj 19, Courtlands, Keynsham,
Received 17 Sept 2019Land South Of Unit 18, Midsomer Enterprise Park, Midsomer Norton,
Received 17 Sept 201930 Pennard Green, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1SE
Received 17 Sept 2019Land East Of The Mead, Queen Charlton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol,
Received 17 Sept 2019The Virgil Building, Manvers Street, Bath, BA1 1JW
Received 17 Sept 2019The Lodge, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SP
Received 17 Sept 2019Marks And Spencer, 16 - 18 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1QB
Received 17 Sept 2019Chapel House, Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AE
Received 18 Sept 2019Old Lime Kiln Farm, Radford Hill, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0QQ
Received 18 Sept 201917 St Kilda's Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QJ
Received 18 Sept 2019Janley, Rock Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JW
Received 18 Sept 20191 Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JQ
Received 18 Sept 2019The Brass Mill, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2UG
Received 18 Sept 20193 Burton Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1BN
Received 18 Sept 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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