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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.
16,473 approved · 2,068 refused · 2,431 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Stoneable Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JR
Received 30 Dec 20208 Bridge Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4AS
Received 31 Dec 20202 The Circus, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2EW
Received 31 Dec 2020The Old Mill, Mill Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HD
Received 31 Dec 2020Greyhound Hotel, 1 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2LE
Received 31 Dec 202029 Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3HE
Received 31 Dec 202012 St Kilda's Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QJ
Received 27 Oct 20203 Caroline Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4JH
Received 27 Oct 20203 Caroline Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4JH
Received 27 Oct 202012 Gay Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2PH
Received 9 Oct 20202 Albert Place, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5EP
Received 27 Oct 2020Westfield House, Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XU
Received 27 Oct 2020Lower Pleasant Place, Snow Hill, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Oct 2020Empty Shop Premises, 50 High Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2DL
Received 27 Oct 202047 Priory Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AN
Received 27 Oct 20202 Hillside, Publow Lane, Woollard, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HY
Received 27 Oct 2020153 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7DW
Received 27 Oct 2020Attwood Apartments, Rockery Park, North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Oct 2020Manor Farm Cottage, Access Road To Charlton Farm, Queen Charlton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SH
Received 27 Oct 2020Warleigh Wood, Warleigh Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Oct 2020Belvoir Castle, 32-33 Victoria Buildings, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3EH
Received 27 Oct 2020Barn 1 Holiday Let, Paglinch Farm, Access Road To Paglinch Farm, Shoscombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 Oct 2020Bodhi House, 31A Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EE
Received 27 Oct 2020Land At Rear Of 1 Percival Terrace, Main Street, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 27 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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