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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.
16,593 approved · 2,089 refused · 2,437 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Longlands House, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EX
Received 31 Oct 20202 Bailbrook Court, Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AB
Received 2 Nov 2020Stockland, 18 Beechen Cliff Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QR
Received 31 Oct 2020Glenavon House, 333 Bath Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3TJ
Received 1 Nov 2020Ground Floor, 1 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NX
Received 2 Nov 20201 East Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RP
Received 2 Nov 2020157 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AU
Received 2 Nov 2020Overhill Woodland, Maesknoll Lane, Norton Malreward, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 2 Nov 202017 The Linleys, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XE
Received 2 Nov 20202 Avondale Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RD
Received 2 Nov 202034 Winchester Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3LF
Received 2 Nov 2020Tresowes, Blind Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UA
Received 2 Nov 2020North Elm House, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RW
Received 2 Nov 2020Wellsworth, Harford Square, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RA
Received 2 Nov 202018 Chestnut Walk, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3BG
Received 2 Nov 202030 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NF
Received 2 Nov 202039 Frankland Close, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4EJ
Received 2 Nov 2020Street Record, Moorfields Drive, Moorlands, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 2 Nov 202020 Newbridge Hill, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3PU
Received 2 Nov 2020The Manor House, High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QQ
Received 2 Nov 2020The Chocolate Quarter, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Nov 2020Sheephouse Farm, Red Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0PA
Received 2 Nov 202013 Avondale Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3EG
Received 2 Nov 2020City Of Bath College, Milk Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1AG
Received 2 Nov 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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