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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.
12,665 approved · 1,483 refused · 1,846 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Norfolk Crescent, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BE
Received 19 Nov 2019Unit 4, Colliers Yard, Frome Road, Radstock, BA3 3PT
Received 19 Nov 2019Unit 1, The Grain Store Spring Wharf, Roseberry Road, Twerton, Bath, BA2 3GS
Received 19 Nov 2019Park House , St Chad's Green, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2JT
Received 19 Nov 201953 Upper Bloomfield Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2SA
Received 19 Nov 2019Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath,
Received 18 Nov 2019Parcel 3700, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton,
Received 19 Nov 2019Orchard House, Claverton Hill, Claverton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BG
Received 19 Nov 2019The Mead, Queen Charlton Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QP
Received 19 Nov 2019Street Record, Hicks Gate Roundabout, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 19 Nov 2019Arlington House, Bath Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 19 Nov 20192 The Oval, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2HB
Received 19 Nov 2019Belgrave House, Pleasant Place, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TL
Received 19 Nov 2019140 High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TN
Received 19 Nov 201927 Milton Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QZ
Received 20 Nov 2019102 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3QB
Received 20 Nov 201927A Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3AB
Received 20 Nov 2019Sydney Lawn, Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 20 Nov 201922 Lambridge Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RU
Received 20 Nov 201922 Lambridge Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RU
Received 20 Nov 2019St Martin's Hospital, Clara Cross Lane, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RP
Received 20 Nov 201960 St Clement's Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1AH
Received 20 Nov 201916 Cheap Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NA
Received 20 Nov 2019The Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc , 8 - 9 Quiet Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JN
Received 20 Nov 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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