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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.
12,444 approved · 1,445 refused · 1,817 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Dixon Gardens, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HH
Received 23 Sept 201911 Belgrave Crescent, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JU
Received 23 Sept 2019Barn House, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DS
Received 23 Sept 2019Badgers Barn, Rock Hall Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JF
Received 23 Sept 201916 Porlock Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PG
Received 23 Sept 2019Granary Cottage The Old Bakery, Kempthorne Lane, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RB
Received 24 Sept 201946 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 24 Sept 2019Cedar Lodge, Hillside Villas, Pensford Hill, Pensford, Bristol, BS39 4AD
Received 24 Sept 201974 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RU
Received 24 Sept 20195 Crown Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BP
Received 24 Sept 201917 Park Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XH
Received 24 Sept 2019Island House, Streamleaze, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SE
Received 24 Sept 2019Site Of Warehouse, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath,
Received 24 Sept 201973 Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3BG
Received 24 Sept 2019Woodborough Mill Barn , Woodborough Mill Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4JT
Received 24 Sept 2019231 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ER
Received 24 Sept 2019Parcel 3573, Bath Hill, Wellow, Bath,
Received 24 Sept 20191 - 2 Chelsea Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3DU
Received 24 Sept 2019Griffin Inn, Monmouth Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AP
Received 24 Sept 201910 Prospect Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JD
Received 24 Sept 201949 Sherwood Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1DA
Received 25 Sept 20195 St Mark's Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2EN
Received 25 Sept 2019Bath Waterside Travelodge Hotel , Rossiter Road, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 4JP
Received 25 Sept 2019Somerdale Phase Three Development, Trajectus Way, Keynsham,
Received 25 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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