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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.
12,817 approved · 1,499 refused · 1,860 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Charlcombe Lane, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6NS
Received 6 Feb 20205 - 7 Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3HB
Received 6 Feb 202016 Sunnybank, Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NA
Received 6 Feb 2020Woods The Stationers Ltd , 12 Old Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BR
Received 6 Feb 2020180 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, BA1 7AA
Received 6 Feb 2020Hillylands, Weston Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AL
Received 6 Feb 2020Parcel 0059, Hallatrow Hill, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 6 Feb 2020Leighton House, 139 Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AL
Received 6 Feb 2020Barn And Yard, Wellow Farm, Norton Lane, Wellow, Bath,
Received 5 Feb 20201 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HA
Received 30 Jan 202082 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3QA
Received 6 Feb 2020The Limes, Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AB
Received 6 Feb 2020134 Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EJ
Received 6 Feb 2020Roans, Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LS
Received 6 Feb 2020Radstock Hotel, Market Place, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AD
Received 6 Feb 2020Radstock Hotel, Market Place, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AD
Received 6 Feb 20202 Rushgrove Gardens, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5XE
Received 6 Feb 202023 Great Stanhope Street, Kingsmead, Bath,
Received 6 Feb 2020Willowbrook, Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LS
Received 6 Feb 2020Field On Corner With Ferndale Road, Deadmill Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath,
Received 6 Feb 2020Barham, 9 The Paddock, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AB
Received 6 Feb 2020Cranwell House, Weston Park East, Upper Weston, Bath, BA1 2UZ
Received 6 Feb 202017 Mountain Ash, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UU
Received 6 Feb 2020Theatre Royal, Sawclose, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1ET
Received 6 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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