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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.
13,089 approved · 1,541 refused · 1,887 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chaucer House, 1 The Cedars, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TR
Received 10 Mar 2020Mulberry House, Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UL
Received 2 Jan 2020Avon Valley Farm, Pixash Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1TS
Received 2 Jan 2020Closed Public Toilets, Claverton Street, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LE
Received 2 Jan 202021 Victoria Buildings, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3EH
Received 2 Jan 2020STREET RECORD, Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath,
Received 2 Jan 2020Colworth, The Avenue, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5EQ
Received 31 Dec 201918 Lytton Gardens, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LW
Received 2 Jan 20202 Nightingale Way, Westfield, BA3 4NL
Received 3 Jan 2020City Of Bath College, Milk Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AG
Received 2 Jan 2020Lower Garden Flat, 9A Widcombe Crescent, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6AH
Received 2 Jan 202058 Cranwells Park, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2YE
Received 3 Jan 2020Garden Flat , 3 Beckford Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NH
Received 3 Jan 2020Cowleas House, Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UL
Received 3 Jan 2020Brambles, Streamside, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QZ
Received 3 Jan 202082 Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3HE
Received 3 Jan 2020North Elm Farm, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RW
Received 3 Jan 2020Murrayfield, 10 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5TG
Received 3 Jan 2020Red Lion, High Street, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NW
Received 3 Jan 202078 Triangle North, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JB
Received 3 Jan 2020Church Farm, High Street, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HT
Received 3 Jan 2020Plumb Center, Locksbrook Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EU
Received 6 Jan 20203 Lansdown Place East, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5ET
Received 5 Jan 20207 Maple Gardens, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AG
Received 5 Jan 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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