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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.
12,997 approved · 1,527 refused · 1,880 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Bird, 18 - 19 Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4EZ
Received 2 Mar 202030 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 2 Mar 2020Former Ministry Of Defence Ensleigh, Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 2 Mar 2020Glasshouse Playing Field, Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath,
Received 2 Mar 202015 Lynfield Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4ER
Received 2 Mar 202011 Henrietta Villas, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LX
Received 2 Mar 2020Howdens, Unit 2-4, Locksbrook Trading Estate, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3DZ
Received 3 Mar 202040 Springfield Buildings, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JB
Received 3 Mar 202044 Cedric Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PB
Received 3 Mar 202057 Staddlestones, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PX
Received 3 Mar 20203 Abbey Green, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NW
Received 3 Mar 20203 Abbey Green, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NW
Received 3 Mar 2020114A Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AR
Received 3 Mar 202046 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 3 Mar 202046 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 3 Mar 2020234 The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NG
Received 3 Mar 202049 Kipling Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RB
Received 3 Mar 202064 Catherine Way, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7NY
Received 3 Mar 2020Wyvern, Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HY
Received 3 Mar 2020St Elmo, 2 College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RS
Received 3 Mar 20201 Lime Grove, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4HF
Received 3 Mar 202089 Bristol Road, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0PS
Received 3 Mar 2020Wellsway School, Chandag Road, Keynsham, BS31 1PH
Received 3 Mar 20205 Mendip Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HP
Received 3 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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