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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.
13,671 approved · 1,617 refused · 1,978 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Lime Grove Gardens, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HE
Received 20 Mar 2020Bonhill House, Bonhill Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TU
Received 20 Mar 2020Land Between Hillside View And Bath Road, Greenlands Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath,
Received 20 Mar 2020Poole Farm, Sunnymead Lane, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UW
Received 20 Mar 20208 Albany Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1BP
Received 20 Mar 2020The Nest, 7 Bladud Buildings, City Centre, Bath, BA1 5LS
Received 20 Mar 2020The Lake House, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 20 Mar 2020The Nest, 7 Bladud Buildings, City Centre, Bath, BA1 5LS
Received 20 Mar 20204 Terrace Walk, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1LN
Received 20 Mar 202078 Holcombe Vale, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6UX
Received 20 Mar 2020Kings Court, Parsonage Lane, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1ER
Received 20 Mar 2020The Lake House, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, BA1 9BJ
Received 20 Mar 2020727 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TZ
Received 20 Mar 202024 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AB
Received 20 Mar 202048 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 21 Mar 202048 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 21 Mar 20204 Audley Avenue, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BL
Received 23 Mar 2020The Grove, Langridge Lane, Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8AJ
Received 23 Mar 202020 Fosseway, Westfield, BA3 4AX
Received 21 Mar 20204 The Tyning, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AL
Received 23 Mar 202028 Tennis Court Avenue, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LZ
Received 23 Mar 2020Hillbreeze, Sharpstone Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UA
Received 21 Mar 20205 The Tyning, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AL
Received 23 Mar 2020Street Record, James Street West, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 23 Mar 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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