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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.
13,767 approved · 1,635 refused · 1,987 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Longfellow Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SJ
Received 6 Apr 20209 Fairfield View, Ragland Lane, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6HX
Received 6 Apr 2020Former Stables, Colliers Lane, Charlcombe, Bath,
Received 6 Apr 202040 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PH
Received 6 Apr 2020Cleveland Bath, Cleveland Row, Hampton Row, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 6 Apr 202010 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EW
Received 6 Apr 202010 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EW
Received 6 Apr 202031 - 32 Kelston Mills, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AL
Received 6 Apr 2020South Lodge, Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UQ
Received 6 Apr 20202 Alton Place, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PR
Received 6 Apr 202061 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PH
Received 6 Apr 2020Four Winds, Monger Lane, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2SP
Received 7 Apr 2020Fonthill Cottage, High Street, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9EG
Received 7 Apr 202021 St James's Park, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2ST
Received 7 Apr 20202 Nightingale Way, Westfield, BA3 4NL
Received 7 Apr 20207 Primrose Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2US
Received 7 Apr 2020Street Record, Woolley Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset
Received 7 Apr 2020Tucking Mill Farmhouse, Tuckingmill Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4LF
Received 7 Apr 2020Tucking Mill Farmhouse, Tuckingmill Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4LF
Received 7 Apr 202012 Old Bond Street, City Centre, Bath,
Received 7 Apr 2020Tanglewood, 14 Warleigh Lane, Bathford, Bath, BA1 8EE
Received 7 Apr 2020Chew Hill Barn, Chew Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8SA
Received 7 Apr 2020Land Between Hillside View And Bath Road, Greenlands Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath,
Received 7 Apr 202015A Chilcompton Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2PH
Received 7 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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