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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.
12,633 approved · 1,475 refused · 1,841 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
282 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ES
Received 21 Dec 2019Avon Farm, Avon Lane, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3ET
Received 21 Dec 201973 High Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4DB
Received 22 Dec 201973 High Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4DB
Received 22 Dec 201952 Longfellow Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SH
Received 22 Dec 2019The Grange Hotel, 42 Bath Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SN
Received 22 Dec 2019First Floor Flat , 248 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RA
Received 23 Dec 2019Mentone, Timsbury Road, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HL
Received 23 Dec 201939 St Kilda's Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QL
Received 23 Dec 2019Greystones, Hayesfield Park, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QE
Received 23 Dec 201911 Woodlands Park, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BQ
Received 23 Dec 201991 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XN
Received 23 Dec 2019Morrisons Supermarket, London Road, Walcot, Bath, BA1 6AE
Received 23 Dec 2019Telecommunication Mast 54146, Woolley Lane, Charlcombe, Bath,
Received 23 Dec 2019The Old Rectory , Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6ST
Received 23 Dec 20191 Marsh Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TT
Received 24 Dec 201979 Entry Hill, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LT
Received 24 Dec 201941 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DN
Received 24 Dec 2019Police Station , Bath Hill, Keynsham, BS31 1HJ
Received 24 Dec 2019Greycot, Warleigh Lane, Bathford, Bath,
Received 24 Dec 2019Fern Cottage , Church Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EW
Received 24 Dec 2019Fern Cottage , Church Lane, Stanton Drew, Bristol, BS39 4EW
Received 24 Dec 201912 Spruce Way, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2DY
Received 24 Dec 201925 Carlingford Terrace, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QA
Received 24 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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