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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.
12,932 approved · 1,514 refused · 1,874 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
122 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AS
Received 25 Feb 2020Parcel 3100, Charlton Road, Keynsham,
Received 25 Feb 2020Lilliput House , Fosseway, Westfield, BA3 4BB
Received 25 Feb 2020Abbey Chambers, Kingston Parade, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1NJ
Received 25 Feb 2020The Annexe, Stowey Mead Farm, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, BS39 5TH
Received 25 Feb 20204 Brookside Close, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NN
Received 25 Feb 2020Parcel 3492, Upper Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol,
Received 25 Feb 2020Kingswood School, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RG
Received 20 Feb 2020238 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ES
Received 25 Feb 202012 Forester Avenue, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QD
Received 25 Feb 202040 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BZ
Received 25 Feb 20203 Alder Way, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2DU
Received 25 Feb 20203 Sunnybank, Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NA
Received 25 Feb 20207 The Mead, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0NS
Received 25 Feb 2020Octagon Hall , 25 Milsom Place, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1BZ
Received 25 Feb 2020Parcel 6781 Development Site, Cobblers Way, Westfield, Radstock,
Received 25 Feb 2020Mallen House, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6AE
Received 26 Feb 202051 Lymore Avenue, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1BB
Received 26 Feb 202023 Green Park, Kingsmead, Bath, BA1 1HZ
Received 26 Feb 202023 Green Park, Kingsmead, Bath, BA1 1HZ
Received 26 Feb 202047 Mount Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LG
Received 26 Feb 202023 Green Park, Kingsmead, Bath, BA1 1HZ
Received 26 Feb 202023 Green Park, Kingsmead, Bath, BA1 1HZ
Received 26 Feb 2020Flat 1, St Swithins Yard, Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BG
Received 24 Feb 2020Records 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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