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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.
14,093 approved · 1,705 refused · 2,061 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Bathwick Villas, Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LS
Received 26 Jun 2020Newark Works Unoccupied Premises, 1-4 Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Jun 20201 Lime Grove, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4HF
Received 26 Jun 2020Land To North Of 21 Robin Close, Five Arches Cycle Path, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Jun 2020St Ronans, Frome Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JZ
Received 26 Jun 2020St Joseph's Church, Sladebrook Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1LR
Received 26 Jun 2020Newark Works Unoccupied Premises, 1-4 Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Jun 20207 St James's Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2TW
Received 26 Jun 202011 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NX
Received 26 Jun 2020Grosvenor Lodge, Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Jun 202063 Old Fosse Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2SP
Received 29 Jun 202053 Minster Way, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RJ
Received 27 Jun 2020Walled Garden West Of 2, Bloomfield Drive, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Jun 202085 Triangle North, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JB
Received 28 Jun 2020157 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PX
Received 28 Jun 2020Willow Barn, High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PU
Received 28 Jun 2020Hinton Farm, 5 High Street, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7SW
Received 28 Jun 202018 Heather Drive, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BW
Received 28 Jun 20204 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EP
Received 29 Jun 20204 Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EP
Received 29 Jun 202015 St John's Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BW
Received 29 Jun 2020Land At Rear Of 43 Charlton Park, Courtlands, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Jun 202030 Brougham Hayes, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Jun 20208 Ashley Terrace, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3DP
Received 29 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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