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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.
13,378 approved · 1,579 refused · 1,931 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hinton Garage Bath Ltd Demolished, Hinton Garage, Albion Place, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 May 2020Freshford Mill, Rosemary Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7PL
Received 4 May 202022 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AT
Received 4 May 202016 Tyning Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6TQ
Received 4 May 20209 Northfields Close, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TE
Received 4 May 2020Meadowland, 36 Bloomfield Park, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BX
Received 5 May 2020Ground Floor, 7 Darlington Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EA
Received 5 May 20203 Fairfield Terrace, Ragland Lane, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6HN
Received 5 May 20201 Chestnut Walk, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3BG
Received 5 May 2020Parcel 6781 Development Site, Cobblers Way, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 May 2020Sydney Gardens, Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 May 2020Land To Rear Of Pillsbridge Cottages, Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 May 2020Proposed Employment Unit 2, Bell Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 May 2020Sydney Gardens, Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 5 May 2020Flat 1, 2 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AQ
Received 5 May 20209 Williamstowe, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5EJ
Received 5 May 2020Greenacres, Bonhill Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TS
Received 5 May 2020Alton Villa, Hanham Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PD
Received 5 May 20206 Waldegrave Terrace, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3EY
Received 5 May 202023 Haycombe Drive, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1PG
Received 6 May 2020Walton House, 45 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
Received 6 May 202022 Shaftesbury Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LQ
Received 4 May 20204 Mount Pleasant, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HW
Received 6 May 2020Street Record, Norman Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 6 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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