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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.
14,915 approved · 1,817 refused · 2,204 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
97 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AL
Received 2 Dec 2020Wilding Orchard, Westfield Farm, Limeburn Hill, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8QW
Received 2 Dec 2020The Old Post Office, Old School Hill, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DU
Received 2 Dec 2020Street Record, Dorchester Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 2 Dec 2020Street Record, Dorchester Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 2 Dec 202010 Avondale Court, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3ET
Received 2 Dec 2020116 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LD
Received 2 Dec 202055A High Street, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 2 Dec 2020109 Fairfield Park Road, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6JS
Received 2 Dec 2020Lysways House, College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RS
Received 2 Dec 20201 Selworthy Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HS
Received 2 Dec 20208 Tyning Place, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HA
Received 1 Dec 2020Basement, 8 Park Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2TB
Received 2 Dec 2020Yew Tree Farm, North Wick, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS41 8NP
Received 2 Dec 2020Coventry Building Society, 2A Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JQ
Received 2 Dec 2020Unregistrered House Next To 35a, Mountain Wood, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 2 Dec 2020Bath Quays North Development Site, Avon Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 2 Dec 202019 Fieldfare Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2FQ
Received 2 Dec 202014 Clarence Place, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EW
Received 2 Dec 202076 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BD
Received 3 Dec 20205 Innicks Close, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PL
Received 3 Dec 202016 Winscombe Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HR
Received 3 Dec 202041 Balmoral Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1AN
Received 3 Dec 2020Flat 3, 4 Bennett Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QQ
Received 3 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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