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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.
12,762 approved · 1,496 refused · 1,857 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Elm Place, Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AB
Received 9 Dec 201928 Elm Place, Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AB
Received 9 Dec 2019Flat 2 , 11 Broad Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5LJ
Received 9 Dec 2019Wingfield House, Darlington Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BY
Received 9 Dec 2019Coventry Building Society, 2A Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2JQ
Received 9 Dec 2019Novar, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AX
Received 9 Dec 201968 Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NE
Received 9 Dec 2019Arlon Farm, Highfield Lane, East Harptree, Bristol,
Received 10 Dec 20195 Tucking Mill Cottages, Tucking Mill Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DB
Received 10 Dec 2019Abbey Hotel, 1 North Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1LF
Received 10 Dec 2019Newbridge House, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XE
Received 10 Dec 2019Subway, 11 Westgate Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1EQ
Received 10 Dec 2019Newbridge House, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XE
Received 10 Dec 2019Newbridge House, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XE
Received 10 Dec 2019St Nicholas Church, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6TR
Received 10 Dec 2019Rectory Orchard, Dark Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7TU
Received 10 Dec 2019The Old Rectory, Crowe Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WB
Received 10 Dec 20191 Tyning Place, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HA
Received 10 Dec 2019Five Guys, 8 Sawclose, City Centre, Bath,
Received 10 Dec 2019Five Guys, 8 Sawclose, City Centre, Bath,
Received 10 Dec 2019The Ram, 20 Claverton Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LD
Received 10 Dec 201919 Ridge Crescent, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EE
Received 10 Dec 201931 Orchid Drive, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TS
Received 10 Dec 2019Banglo, 44 Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath,
Received 10 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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