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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.
14,518 approved · 1,760 refused · 2,132 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Northampton Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SN
Received 13 Oct 202017 Northampton Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SN
Received 13 Oct 202028 West View Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2UA
Received 13 Oct 2020Sole Trader, 9 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1QE
Received 13 Oct 2020120 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LD
Received 13 Oct 202050 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3JZ
Received 13 Oct 2020Channel House, South Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2EZ
Received 13 Oct 2020Parcel 6781 Development Site, Cobblers Way, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Oct 20204 Porlock Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PG
Received 14 Oct 2020Ground Floor Offices, 3 Monmouth Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AT
Received 14 Oct 2020The Old Doctors House, The Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WG
Received 14 Oct 2020The Manor, Bradford Road, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8EA
Received 14 Oct 2020Chivers House, Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3DT
Received 7 Oct 2020Lake View, Lansdown Road, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9DT
Received 14 Oct 2020Widcombe Ce Junior School, Pulteney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4JG
Received 14 Oct 202018 Beech Terrace, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3TH
Received 14 Oct 2020Tesco, Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7SW
Received 14 Oct 202010 The Havory, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RR
Received 14 Oct 20209 St Stephen's Close, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PP
Received 14 Oct 2020Parcel 4645, Bath Road, Farmborough, Bath,
Received 14 Oct 2020Wooden Sheds, Kelston Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Oct 2020Norwood Dene, The Avenue, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Oct 202026 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EU
Received 14 Oct 202026 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EU
Received 14 Oct 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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