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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.
12,406 approved · 1,441 refused · 1,813 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AZ
Received 18 Sept 2019Selwood Place, Weston Park West, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AR
Received 18 Sept 2019The Grange, Stanton Road, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4JJ
Received 18 Sept 2019Meadgate Farm, Weekesley Lane, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0NH
Received 18 Sept 2019Providence Bungalow, Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3LD
Received 18 Sept 201923 Poolemead Road, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QW
Received 19 Sept 2019Public Open Space, Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath,
Received 19 Sept 20191 Pitway Close, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TE
Received 19 Sept 2019Hawker Joinery Ltd, 114 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7HN
Received 19 Sept 201923 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 19 Sept 201930 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NF
Received 19 Sept 2019Land Between St Julian's Cbhurch And March House, Bull's Hill, Wellow, Bath,
Received 19 Sept 2019Bloomfield Bowling Club, 98 Wellsway, Bath, BA2 4SD
Received 19 Sept 2019Apiculus, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HZ
Received 19 Sept 2019Chew Cottage , Mill Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HX
Received 19 Sept 201925 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 19 Sept 201919 Gladstone Street, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BR
Received 19 Sept 2019Outbuildings Opposite Hill Cottages, Ramscombe Lane, Batheaston, Bath,
Received 19 Sept 20197 Camerton Close, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3BT
Received 19 Sept 2019Peipards Farm, Access Road From Warminster Road To Peipards Farm, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UN
Received 19 Sept 201921 Inverness Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3RX
Received 20 Sept 2019Dray Court, Warleigh Manor, Warleigh Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 20 Sept 2019101 Mountain Wood, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SA
Received 20 Sept 201917 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JX
Received 20 Sept 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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