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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.
14,075 approved · 1,701 refused · 2,057 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Paglinch House, Access Road To Paglinch Farm, Shoscombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8NQ
Received 22 Jun 2020Yew Tree Farm, Breach Hill Common, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YG
Received 22 Jun 2020Kingswood School, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RG
Received 22 Jun 2020The Rectory, Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 22 Jun 202014 Broadlands Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2DU
Received 22 Jun 2020Wayfield North, Solsbury Lane, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HB
Received 22 Jun 202032 Rivers Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QB
Received 22 Jun 202050 Tilley Close, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0AQ
Received 23 Jun 20204 Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PW
Received 23 Jun 202037 Daneacre Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JS
Received 23 Jun 2020Eastfield, Lynbrook Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NB
Received 23 Jun 2020157 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JN
Received 23 Jun 2020157 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JN
Received 23 Jun 20207 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3ND
Received 23 Jun 2020The Old Garden, All Saints Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HE
Received 22 Jun 20201 Orwell Drive, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1QB
Received 23 Jun 20209 Northfields Close, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TE
Received 23 Jun 2020Former Police Station, Bath Hill, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Jun 2020The Old Garden, All Saints Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5HE
Received 22 Jun 202029 Victoria Buildings, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3EH
Received 24 Jun 202036 Gaston Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1LR
Received 24 Jun 202069 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DL
Received 24 Jun 2020Rectory Farm House, Rectory Farm Lane, Englishcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9DU
Received 24 Jun 2020Raby Cottage, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EL
Received 24 Jun 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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