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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.
13,711 approved · 1,623 refused · 1,983 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78 Vernham Grove, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TB
Received 27 Mar 20201B Trafalgar Road, Upper Weston, Bath, BA1 4EW
Received 27 Mar 2020Daisybank, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DS
Received 27 Mar 202099 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RQ
Received 27 Mar 20206 Rock Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1BL
Received 27 Mar 2020Greenacres Farm , Bristol Road, Compton Martin, Bristol, BS40 6NQ
Received 27 Mar 2020Fairways, Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AZ
Received 28 Mar 2020Site Of Chew Valley Garage, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol,
Received 28 Mar 2020Roans, Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LS
Received 28 Mar 2020The Clock House, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD
Received 28 Mar 2020Whitecross Farm, Bristol Road, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6HQ
Received 28 Mar 202022A Mells Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1XJ
Received 29 Mar 20203 Chalk Farm Close, Norton Malreward, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HQ
Received 29 Mar 2020Site Of Chew Valley Garage, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol,
Received 29 Mar 2020Site Of Chew Valley Garage, Bristol Road, Chew Stoke, Bristol,
Received 29 Mar 2020Stable Block, Dewdown, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol,
Received 29 Mar 202028 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 30 Mar 202031 St John's Court, St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6PY
Received 30 Mar 202020 Summerhill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UR
Received 30 Mar 2020STREET RECORD, Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath,
Received 30 Mar 20206 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AS
Received 30 Mar 202011 Alfred Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 30 Mar 20203 Upper Bloomfield, Winterfield Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7RF
Received 30 Mar 202018 Heather Drive, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BW
Received 30 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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