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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.
12,536 approved · 1,461 refused · 1,831 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parcel 5400, Fosseway South, Midsomer Norton,
Received 4 Oct 201914 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AX
Received 4 Oct 2019Littleton Farm, Chew Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8HJ
Received 4 Oct 201916 Cleeve Grove, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HF
Received 4 Oct 2019Friends' Burial Ground, Clarendon Road, Widcombe, Bath,
Received 4 Oct 201951 Bradford Park, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PS
Received 4 Oct 2019Sydney Gardens, Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 4 Oct 2019478 Wellsway, Bath, BA2 2UB
Received 4 Oct 2019Land West Of 21B The Stables, Entry Hill Park, Combe Down, Bath,
Received 4 Oct 20191 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PZ
Received 4 Oct 201979 Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NE
Received 4 Oct 201978 Ivy Avenue, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1AN
Received 4 Oct 201917 Bedford Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AF
Received 6 Oct 2019Church Farm House, High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QS
Received 7 Oct 2019Widcombe Infant School, Archway Street, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 4JG
Received 4 Oct 2019228 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3LG
Received 4 Oct 2019203 London Road East, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7NB
Received 7 Oct 2019103 Fairfield Park Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JR
Received 7 Oct 2019The Timbers, Bridge Place Road, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0PD
Received 7 Oct 2019Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 Oct 2019Sumela, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AY
Received 7 Oct 2019Cleveland Bath, Cleveland Row, Hampton Row, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 7 Oct 201998 Marsden Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2LQ
Received 7 Oct 2019Hawthorne House, Silver Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8RE
Received 7 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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