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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.
12,431 approved · 1,445 refused · 1,815 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HA
Received 20 Sept 2019Lower Roundhill Barn, Kelston Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AF
Received 20 Sept 2019Lower Roundhill Barn, Kelston Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AF
Received 20 Sept 2019Chesterfield House, 11 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BR
Received 20 Sept 2019Bath Cricket Club, North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EX
Received 20 Sept 20191 Cavendish Place, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UB
Received 20 Sept 201911 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SH
Received 21 Sept 2019Ivy Cottage, Rectory Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JJ
Received 21 Sept 2019133 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JJ
Received 22 Sept 201932 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7EN
Received 22 Sept 2019Sabinal, Lucklands Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AU
Received 22 Sept 201951 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3HF
Received 22 Sept 2019Flat 4 Chilton Court, Tyning Lane, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EQ
Received 23 Sept 2019124 - 126 Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BG
Received 23 Sept 201916 Eastbourne Avenue, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EW
Received 23 Sept 201918 Upper Camden Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HX
Received 23 Sept 2019Breaches Farm House, Cherwell Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1QU
Received 23 Sept 2019Bath Cricket Club, North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EX
Received 23 Sept 2019Jews' Burial Ground, Greendown Place, Combe Down, Bath,
Received 23 Sept 2019Hill House, The Barton, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AN
Received 23 Sept 20191 Cumberland Row, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AS
Received 23 Sept 20194 Monksdale Road, Moorlands, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2JF
Received 23 Sept 2019The Old Post Office, Old School Hill, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DU
Received 23 Sept 201924 Claude Avenue, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1AE
Received 23 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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