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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.
12,625 approved · 1,475 refused · 1,841 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Seneca Lodge, Summer Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EU
Received 19 Dec 20197 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5EX
Received 19 Dec 201935 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5QA
Received 19 Dec 20191 Crescent View, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QH
Received 19 Dec 201962 Mountain Wood, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SA
Received 19 Dec 201928 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 20 Dec 2019Flat 1, 7 Victoria Buildings, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3EH
Received 20 Dec 2019Flat 1, 7 Victoria Buildings, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3EH
Received 20 Dec 201934 High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1DQ
Received 20 Dec 2019The Stonehouse, Hunstrete, Marksbury, Bristol, BS39 4NT
Received 20 Dec 201918 Drake Avenue, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NX
Received 20 Dec 2019Bath Quays Bridge, Green Park Road, City Centre, Bath,
Received 20 Dec 2019Bath Quays Bridge, Green Park Road, City Centre, Bath,
Received 20 Dec 2019Old House, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8ES
Received 20 Dec 2019Old House, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8ES
Received 20 Dec 2019Former Ministry Of Defence Foxhill Premises, Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath,
Received 20 Dec 201916 The Paragon, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5LX
Received 20 Dec 2019Land Between Hillside View And Bath Road, Greenlands Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath,
Received 20 Dec 2019The Yard, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7ES
Received 20 Dec 2019Theatre Royal, Sawclose, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1ET
Received 20 Dec 2019121 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JJ
Received 20 Dec 2019Land Between Hillside View And Bath Road, Greenlands Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath,
Received 20 Dec 201940 Meare Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PP
Received 20 Dec 2019Bailbrook House Hotel, Eveleigh Avenue, Lower Swainswick, Bath, BA1 7JD
Received 21 Dec 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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