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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.
13,452 approved · 1,584 refused · 1,946 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PU
Received 18 May 2020Parcel 3700, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 May 2020Church Farm, North Stoke Lane, North Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AT
Received 19 May 20204 The Tyning, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AL
Received 19 May 20206 Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AD
Received 19 May 2020The Manor, Bradford Road, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8EA
Received 19 May 20205 Rosemount Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NE
Received 19 May 20201 Abbey Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NN
Received 19 May 2020Hinton Garage Bath Ltd Demolished, Hinton Garage, Albion Place, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 May 202011 Rectory Lane, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0LB
Received 20 May 2020157 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JN
Received 20 May 2020Lower Twinhoe Farm Cottage, Lower Twinhoe, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QY
Received 20 May 20209 Cambridge Terrace, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BE
Received 20 May 2020Parcel 6450, Box Road, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 May 2020Sulis Gables, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HX
Received 20 May 202084 Triangle North, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JB
Received 20 May 2020Land Between St Julian's Church And March House, Bull's Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 May 202020 Arlington Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3PG
Received 21 May 2020Belle Vue House, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0BU
Received 21 May 2020First Floor Flat, 37 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BN
Received 21 May 2020First Floor Flat, 37 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BN
Received 21 May 20207 Homelea Park East, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3HP
Received 21 May 2020Church Farm, North Stoke Lane, North Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AT
Received 21 May 202064 King George's Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1BJ
Received 21 May 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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