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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.
13,101 approved · 1,541 refused · 1,887 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kelston Barn , 1 Cullimore's Lane, Kelston, Bath, BA1 9AQ
Received 5 Jan 2020Tolzey Cottage, Penn Hill Lane, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SJ
Received 6 Jan 202029 Woodpecker Avenue, Westfield, BA3 4NN
Received 7 Jan 2020Montvale House, Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EJ
Received 7 Jan 2020Friars Gate, Sharpstone Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UA
Received 7 Jan 2020Unit 5, Colliers Yard, Frome Road, Radstock, BA3 3PT
Received 7 Jan 202080 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DA
Received 7 Jan 2020Manor Farm House Nursing Home, Church Street, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QG
Received 7 Jan 202015 Greenlands Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8EZ
Received 7 Jan 2020Elm Cottage, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JE
Received 7 Jan 2020Swainswick Vc Primary School, Innox Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DB
Received 7 Jan 2020R-ome, Sunny Mount, Midsomer Norton, BA3 2AS
Received 7 Jan 2020117 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, BA1 3PT
Received 7 Jan 2020Pepperbox, Lynbrook Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NB
Received 7 Jan 20201B Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JS
Received 8 Jan 20201B Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JS
Received 8 Jan 2020Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 8 Jan 2020Double Hill Farm, Double Hill, Shoscombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PT
Received 8 Jan 2020163A The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NJ
Received 8 Jan 202020 Summerhill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UR
Received 8 Jan 2020The Vine House, Priston Road, Priston, Bath, BA2 9EA
Received 8 Jan 202018 Anson Close, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3DY
Received 8 Jan 2020Mawingo, Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath,
Received 8 Jan 2020San Roma, Winterfield Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RF
Received 8 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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