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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.
13,772 approved · 1,636 refused · 1,992 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
New Leaf Farm, Mill Lane, Bathampton, Bath,
Received 1 Apr 202026 Purlewent Drive, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AZ
Received 7 Apr 2020Agricultural Building, Double House Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol,
Received 3 Apr 2020149 Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RZ
Received 7 Apr 202018 York Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NG
Received 7 Apr 2020Basement , 1 Catharine Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PR
Received 7 Apr 2020Hilltop, Hilltop Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 7XG
Received 8 Apr 20209 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BR
Received 8 Apr 202025 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JX
Received 8 Apr 2020Lambrook Barn , Deadmill Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, BA1 8DE
Received 8 Apr 202024 Bennett's Road, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AW
Received 8 Apr 2020Sunningdale, Woollard Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0QR
Received 8 Apr 2020Greyfield Wood Farm , Greyfield, High Littleton, Bristol, BS39 6YE
Received 8 Apr 2020Parcel 3511, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton,
Received 8 Apr 2020Freshford Mill, Rosemary Lane, Freshford, Bath, BA2 7PL
Received 8 Apr 202011 Bannerdown Close, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JN
Received 8 Apr 20203 Oakhill Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PH
Received 9 Apr 2020The Old Rectory, Upper Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AN
Received 9 Apr 2020Cleveland Bath, Cleveland Row, Hampton Row, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 9 Apr 2020Little Horse Croft Farm, Ford Road, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QF
Received 8 Apr 2020Sleight Farm, Stowey Road, Clutton, Bristol, BS39 5TF
Received 9 Apr 2020Bathampton Methodist Church, Holcombe Lane, Bathampton, Bath, BA2 6UL
Received 8 Apr 20201 Chepstow Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2JR
Received 9 Apr 202015A Charlotte Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2ND
Received 10 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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