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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.
13,213 approved · 1,556 refused · 1,906 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cedar Lodge, Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SA
Received 23 Jan 2020North Riding , 49 Mearns, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6JR
Received 23 Jan 2020Flat 6 , 11 Norfolk Crescent, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BE
Received 23 Jan 2020Hilston, 29 Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JW
Received 23 Jan 2020Stonehouse, Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JW
Received 23 Jan 2020291 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2NU
Received 23 Jan 2020Flat 5 , 36 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BZ
Received 23 Jan 20202 Sabin Close, Southdown, Bath, BA2 2EY
Received 23 Jan 2020Parcel 0035, Chew Road, Chew Magna, Bristol,
Received 23 Jan 202028 Elm Grove, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BA
Received 23 Jan 202013 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 23 Jan 20209 Van Diemen's Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TW
Received 23 Jan 2020Waterloo Road Open Space, Waterloo Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 23 Jan 2020Parcel 8647, Paulto' Hill, Paulton, Bristol,
Received 23 Jan 2020Garages At Rear Of 63 To 69 Changag Road, Lambourn Road, Keynsham,
Received 23 Jan 2020Land At Rear Of 9 To 12, Upper Bloomfield Road, Odd Down, Bath,
Received 23 Jan 2020Monkton Wyld, Court Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RY
Received 23 Jan 202010 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EX
Received 23 Jan 202010 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EX
Received 23 Jan 202027 Van Diemen's Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TW
Received 23 Jan 202027 Poolemead Road, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QW
Received 23 Jan 20207 St James's Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SS
Received 23 Jan 2020Norwood Dene, The Avenue, Claverton Down, Bath,
Received 23 Jan 20203 The Elms, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BP
Received 24 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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