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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.
13,938 approved · 1,671 refused · 2,033 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Southover Road, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HR
Received 3 Aug 202015 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JX
Received 4 Aug 2020High Orchard, 7 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PR
Received 3 Aug 202016 Claverton Road West, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3AL
Received 4 Aug 2020Hawkfield Lodge, Norton Lane, Norton Hawkfield, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HE
Received 4 Aug 20206 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AS
Received 4 Aug 2020Cutty Sark, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BD
Received 4 Aug 2020Green Lane Farm, White Cross, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6ER
Received 4 Aug 2020Land Parcel 7200, Bath Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Aug 2020Goose Cottage, 1 Ridge Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6ED
Received 4 Aug 202043 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6XJ
Received 4 Aug 2020Flat 9, 10 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 4 Aug 2020Lewis House, 3-4 Manvers Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JQ
Received 4 Aug 20207 Claremont Place, Camden Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JE
Received 4 Aug 2020122 Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AB
Received 4 Aug 2020Cricket Pavilion, Branch Road, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SZ
Received 5 Aug 2020727 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2TZ
Received 5 Aug 2020Eagle House, 71 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7EH
Received 5 Aug 20207 Henrietta Villas, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LX
Received 5 Aug 2020245 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3HJ
Received 4 Aug 2020Sage House, Chew Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QA
Received 5 Aug 2020Unit 3, Wellsway Works, Wells Road, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3RZ
Received 5 Aug 2020Flat 2, 103 Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NE
Received 5 Aug 202038 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DP
Received 5 Aug 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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