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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.
13,188 approved · 1,554 refused · 1,902 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SH
Received 19 Jan 202023 Eastville, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QN
Received 20 Jan 202010 Chelmer Grove, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1QA
Received 19 Jan 202016 Rockliffe Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QN
Received 19 Jan 2020Keniston House, 5 Queens Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2NE
Received 20 Jan 2020Crewcroft Barn, Hinton Hill, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QT
Received 20 Jan 2020Orchard House , Iford Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, BA2 7TG
Received 20 Jan 202016 Forester Avenue, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QD
Received 20 Jan 2020Selwood Manor , 396 Bath Road, Saltford, BS31 3DQ
Received 20 Jan 202041 Longfellow Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SJ
Received 20 Jan 202093A Sydney Mews, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4ED
Received 20 Jan 20202 Wells Square, Westfield, BA3 3UF
Received 20 Jan 20207 Southville Terrace, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LZ
Received 20 Jan 2020Upton Grey, 13 High Bannerdown, Batheaston, Bath, BA1 7JY
Received 20 Jan 2020Woodbine Gardens, Bannerdown Road, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8EG
Received 20 Jan 202010 Lime Grove, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 4HF
Received 20 Jan 20206 The Elms, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BP
Received 20 Jan 2020The Quarry, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AG
Received 20 Jan 2020Sutton Court, Sutton Court Access Road, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4DN
Received 20 Jan 2020113 Sheridan Road, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1RA
Received 21 Jan 2020The Rectory, Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 21 Jan 20202 Montrose Cottages, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AF
Received 21 Jan 202011 St Andrew's Terrace, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QR
Received 21 Jan 20203 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EX
Received 21 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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