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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.
13,305 approved · 1,574 refused · 1,924 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parkside Children's Centre, Charlotte Street, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2NE
Received 23 Apr 20202 East Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RP
Received 22 Apr 2020New Bridge, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UB
Received 22 Apr 20209 Lansdown Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TG
Received 22 Apr 2020Hillview Lodge, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 22 Apr 2020Cedar Lodge, Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SA
Received 23 Apr 2020Priory House, North Stoke Lane, North Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AT
Received 23 Apr 2020Priory House, North Stoke Lane, North Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AT
Received 23 Apr 2020Lodge Style, Shaft Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HP
Received 22 Apr 2020Land Adjacent To Kingswell, Eckweek Lane, Peasedown St. John, Bath,
Received 23 Apr 2020Hidden Hearing Ltd, 18 St James's Parade, Bath, BA1 1UL
Received 23 Apr 2020Newcourt, Weston Park West, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AR
Received 23 Apr 2020Eveleigh House, Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA1 5LR
Received 23 Apr 202047 Hampton View, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JL
Received 23 Apr 202078 Triangle North, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JB
Received 23 Apr 2020108 Walcot Street, Bath, BA1 5BG
Received 23 Apr 2020Chelscombe Farm, Fonthill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BA
Received 24 Apr 2020122 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EJ
Received 24 Apr 202079 Prior Park Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NF
Received 24 Apr 2020Merrivale, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AX
Received 24 Apr 202020 Avon Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1LJ
Received 24 Apr 202020 Avon Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1LJ
Received 24 Apr 202013 Eastover Grove, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2SZ
Received 24 Apr 2020Freshford Mill, Rosemary Lane, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7PL
Received 24 Apr 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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