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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.
12,487 approved · 1,454 refused · 1,826 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
278 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RA
Received 1 Oct 20191 Back Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1ET
Received 1 Oct 20191 Back Lane, Keynsham, BS31 1ET
Received 1 Oct 2019University Of Bath , University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY
Received 1 Oct 201962 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3PU
Received 1 Oct 2019Eveleigh House, Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA1 5LR
Received 1 Oct 2019Woodview Barn, Wellow Road, Wellow, Bath, BA2 8RG
Received 1 Oct 2019Fleetlands, Weston Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AL
Received 1 Oct 20198 Avon Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1LJ
Received 1 Oct 20193 Trent Grove, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1QD
Received 1 Oct 201947 Lymore Avenue, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1BB
Received 1 Oct 2019Parcel 3512, Bristol Road, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 1 Oct 201919 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BT
Received 1 Oct 20195 Eastville, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QN
Received 1 Oct 20195 Roundhill Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1JT
Received 2 Oct 201914 Primrose Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UT
Received 2 Oct 2019Woodborough, Peppershells Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4LL
Received 26 Sept 201911 Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TU
Received 1 Oct 2019Unregistered Property, 16A Livingstone Road, Oldfield Park, Bath,
Received 2 Oct 2019Flat 3 Westfield House, 172 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AT
Received 2 Oct 201969 Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2PW
Received 2 Oct 20192 Summerhayes, Salisbury Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RN
Received 2 Oct 2019Willow Cottage, Clarendon Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NJ
Received 2 Oct 20196 Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NP
Received 2 Oct 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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