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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.
12,577 approved · 1,468 refused · 1,839 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Combe Royal, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EQ
Received 16 Dec 2019Norton Lane Farm, Norton Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QR
Received 16 Dec 2019The Wheatsheaf Inn , Wells Road, Corston, Bath, BA2 9HB
Received 16 Dec 20192 King Edward Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3PB
Received 16 Dec 201910 Linden Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YB
Received 16 Dec 201912 Pera Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NX
Received 16 Dec 2019The Old Rectory, School Place, Claverton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BG
Received 16 Dec 2019Double Hill Farm, Double Hill, Shoscombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PT
Received 16 Dec 2019East Barn Unregistered Property, Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol,
Received 16 Dec 2019Street Record, James Street West, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 16 Dec 201912 Saltwell Avenue, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0PE
Received 16 Dec 2019Dunbar, College Road, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5RU
Received 16 Dec 2019Moorfields Hotel, 73 Third Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NZ
Received 16 Dec 2019The Old Rectory, Church Lane, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AG
Received 16 Dec 201915 Victoria Gardens, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RD
Received 16 Dec 2019Mayther , 3 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1DA
Received 16 Dec 2019St Teresas Nursing Home, Corston Lane, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AE
Received 16 Dec 20192 Upper Camden Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HX
Received 16 Dec 201990B Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BG
Received 16 Dec 2019Redhouse Farm, White Cross, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EU
Received 16 Dec 201990B Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BG
Received 16 Dec 2019Conkwell View, Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AL
Received 16 Dec 2019Fifield House, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 16 Dec 2019Oakwood , 26 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JZ
Received 16 Dec 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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