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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.
16,296 approved · 2,045 refused · 2,405 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bathwick Hill House, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HA
Received 18 Dec 202044 Charlton Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 Dec 202045 Lansdown Crescent, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0JX
Received 18 Dec 2020Weston Lock, Brassmill Lane, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 Dec 2020155 High Street, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HN
Received 18 Dec 2020Bath Quays North Development Site, Avon Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 18 Dec 2020Spindlewood, College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RY
Received 18 Dec 202047 Priory Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AN
Received 21 Dec 20207 Richmond Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TU
Received 19 Dec 2020Dale Cottage, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DR
Received 21 Dec 202016 Oakhill Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PH
Received 21 Dec 202015 The Mead, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5RQ
Received 21 Dec 2020Dean Hill Manor, Access Road To Deanhill House, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AB
Received 21 Dec 2020Dean Hill Manor, Access Road To Deanhill House, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AB
Received 21 Dec 2020Meadow View, Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BB
Received 21 Dec 2020Top Floor, 4 Alfred Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QU
Received 21 Dec 2020Midford Place, Midford Road, Midford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BX
Received 21 Dec 2020Midford Place, Midford Road, Midford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7BX
Received 21 Dec 202017 Cleeve Green, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1SD
Received 21 Dec 2020117 Redfield Road, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2JH
Received 21 Dec 2020Flat 4, 103 Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NE
Received 21 Dec 2020Midridge, Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LL
Received 21 Dec 2020184 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DN
Received 21 Dec 2020Beacon Wood House, Rivers Road, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5JZ
Received 21 Dec 2020Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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