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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.
13,240 approved · 1,557 refused · 1,911 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Langford Farm , Woollard Lane, Woollard, Bristol, BS39 4HT
Received 27 Jan 2020153 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JN
Received 27 Jan 2020Former Stables, Colliers Lane, Charlcombe, Bath,
Received 27 Jan 202012 Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AJ
Received 27 Jan 202015 Entry Hill, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LZ
Received 27 Jan 202088 Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3HE
Received 27 Jan 2020Rest A While, Hallatrow Hill, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6EE
Received 27 Jan 2020Cleveland Bath, Cleveland Row, Hampton Row, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 27 Jan 2020Wellington House, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SP
Received 27 Jan 2020Littledown, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DS
Received 27 Jan 202011 Wellow Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SY
Received 28 Jan 2020Basement 6A , 6 Kensington Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AW
Received 28 Jan 202037 Woodland Grove, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AT
Received 28 Jan 2020Highacres , Bath Road, Tunley, Bath, BA2 0DR
Received 28 Jan 2020Vodafone Mast, Colliers Lane, Charlcombe, Bath,
Received 28 Jan 2020Cleveland Bath, Cleveland Row, Hampton Row, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 28 Jan 2020Flat 1 Old Chapel, Pera Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NJ
Received 28 Jan 2020Paulton Rovers Social Club, Winterfield Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RF
Received 28 Jan 2020IJ Mcgill Transport Ltd, Unity Road (northern Part), Keynsham, BS31 1FU
Received 28 Jan 2020Compton Green Farm, The Green, Compton Dando, Bristol, BS39 4LE
Received 27 Jan 2020The Old Vicarage, Hatfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BD
Received 28 Jan 202031 Orchid Drive, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TS
Received 28 Jan 2020Tanglewood, 14 Warleigh Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 28 Jan 2020The Paddocks, Timsbury Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0DA
Received 28 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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