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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.
12,785 approved · 1,498 refused · 1,857 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BB
Received 3 Feb 2020Cedar Lodge , 16 Uplands Drive, Saltford, BS31 3JH
Received 2 Feb 2020Victoria Lodge, Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XZ
Received 2 Feb 202013 Beaufort East, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QD
Received 3 Feb 2020Game, 15 St Lawrence Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 1AN
Received 3 Feb 2020Knowle Hill Farm, Knowle Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TE
Received 3 Feb 202017 The Firs, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5ED
Received 3 Feb 2020Fairash Poultry Farm , Compton Martin Road, West Harptree, Bristol, BS40 6EQ
Received 3 Feb 20201 Southgate Street, Bath, BA1 1AQ
Received 3 Feb 2020Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 3 Feb 2020288 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2NZ
Received 3 Feb 2020Malvern House, 152 Midford Road, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5SE
Received 3 Feb 202034 Crescent Gardens, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2NB
Received 3 Feb 2020The Wight House, College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RU
Received 16 Jan 20207 Beaufort West, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QB
Received 3 Feb 202029 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SA
Received 3 Feb 2020127 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0PU
Received 3 Feb 20206 Flatwoods Crescent, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AH
Received 3 Feb 202071 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 4 Feb 2020120 Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2PP
Received 4 Feb 2020Brambledown, College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RY
Received 4 Feb 2020Pitt House , 15 Johnstone Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4DH
Received 4 Feb 2020Pitt House , 15 Johnstone Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4DH
Received 4 Feb 2020Hillside Cottage , Hunstrete Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HU
Received 4 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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