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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.
16,193 approved · 2,027 refused · 2,385 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Fosseway South, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4AN
Received 14 Dec 2020First Floor, 34 Green Park, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1HZ
Received 14 Dec 2020Ground Floor Flat, 28 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EU
Received 14 Dec 20207 The Croft, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HQ
Received 14 Dec 202065 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JQ
Received 14 Dec 20201 Yew Terrace, Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7AL
Received 15 Dec 2020Heritage The Bath Spa Hotel, Sydney Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JF
Received 15 Dec 20202 Uplands Drive, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JH
Received 15 Dec 2020Bath Spa House, 10 Thomas Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NW
Received 15 Dec 2020Bath Spa House, 10 Thomas Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NW
Received 15 Dec 202014 Argyle Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 2020Twerton Mill, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1EZ
Received 15 Dec 202044 Marsden Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2LL
Received 15 Dec 20208A Dunster Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1WA
Received 14 Dec 2020Land To East Of Greenway Crescent, Greenway Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Dec 20206 High Park, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7LN
Received 15 Dec 2020Friends Meeting House, York Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NG
Received 15 Dec 2020Friends Meeting House, York Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NG
Received 15 Dec 20203 Rodney Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3HR
Received 14 Dec 202031 Claverton Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3DW
Received 16 Dec 202040 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PU
Received 16 Dec 202046 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BN
Received 16 Dec 2020Orchard House, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LB
Received 16 Dec 2020Alvane, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5RH
Received 16 Dec 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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