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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.
12,472 approved · 1,453 refused · 1,823 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Gloucester Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BW
Received 30 Sept 2019Curtsons (radstock) Ltd, Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 5TX
Received 30 Sept 2019124 Old Fosse Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ST
Received 30 Sept 2019Fairlawn, Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XX
Received 30 Sept 2019Arlington House, Bath Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 30 Sept 2019Arlington House, Bath Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 30 Sept 2019Old Pit Garage, Coombend, Radstock, BA3 3AT
Received 30 Sept 201918 Newbridge Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LT
Received 30 Sept 2019Kingsley Paddocks, Kingshill Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6NJ
Received 30 Sept 201937A Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PQ
Received 30 Sept 2019Windlemead, 4 The Cedars, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TR
Received 30 Sept 2019Wolverton, 14 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3ND
Received 30 Sept 201960 Eckweek Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8EJ
Received 30 Sept 2019Branksome, 16 Dene Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 0PG
Received 30 Sept 2019Bailbrook House Hotel , Eveleigh Avenue, Lower Swainswick, Bath, BA1 7JD
Received 30 Sept 201949 Rockliffe Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QW
Received 30 Sept 2019The Chocolate Quarter, Trajectus Way, Keynsham,
Received 30 Sept 201937A Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PQ
Received 30 Sept 2019Cherry Cottage, Mead Lane, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EP
Received 30 Sept 2019156 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3LE
Received 30 Sept 201910 York Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1NH
Received 30 Sept 20195 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AH
Received 1 Oct 2019Hortum House, Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4HD
Received 1 Oct 2019286 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2NZ
Received 1 Oct 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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