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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.
12,991 approved · 1,525 refused · 1,879 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Minster Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RQ
Received 28 Feb 202013 Tamworth Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1BB
Received 28 Feb 202048 Dorset Street, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3RA
Received 28 Feb 2020191 Coronation Avenue, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2JZ
Received 29 Feb 20207 Entry Rise, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LR
Received 29 Feb 202059 Underleaf Way, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8SR
Received 29 Feb 202040 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AZ
Received 29 Feb 2020Flat 1 Rosedale, Bromley Road, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4EN
Received 2 Mar 2020Welton Baptist Church, West Road, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2TP
Received 1 Mar 2020Welton Baptist Church, West Road, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2TP
Received 1 Mar 2020Hillbrook House, Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LS
Received 2 Mar 20208 Oolite Grove, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2UF
Received 2 Mar 2020Land Between Somer Ridge And Monger Cottages, Monger Lane, Welton, Midsomer Norton,
Received 2 Mar 2020Street Record, Bristol Road, Newton St Loe, Bath,
Received 2 Mar 202053 Minster Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RJ
Received 2 Mar 2020Hope Cottage , Greendown Place, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5DD
Received 2 Mar 2020Hope Cottage , Greendown Place, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5DD
Received 2 Mar 2020231 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RZ
Received 2 Mar 202049 Hillcrest, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AU
Received 2 Mar 2020Upper Twinhoe Farm, Upper Twinhoe, Wellow, Bath,
Received 2 Mar 202026 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EU
Received 2 Mar 2020Garden Flat, 63 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3PR
Received 2 Mar 20202 Sunnybank, Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NA
Received 2 Mar 202014 Eagle Park, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HS
Received 2 Mar 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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