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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.
18,867 approved · 2,252 refused · 2,607 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Walnut Buildings, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3JL
Received 19 Feb 20216 Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6JX
Received 19 Feb 2021Flat 3, 18 Upper Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JZ
Received 19 Feb 202132 Northampton Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SW
Received 19 Feb 2021Staddle Stones, 5 Saltford Court, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EB
Received 19 Feb 20218 Summerhill Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UR
Received 19 Feb 202135 Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RG
Received 19 Feb 2021Artisans Yard, The Smallholdings, Claude Avenue, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Feb 2021Land Rear Of 62, High Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Feb 2021Broadlands School, St Francis Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2DY
Received 19 Feb 20216 The Beeches, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2UX
Received 19 Feb 2021Garden Flat, 39 Grosvenor Place, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6BA
Received 19 Feb 2021The Claremont, 5 Claremont Terrace, Camden Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EH
Received 19 Feb 2021Ubley Wood, The Sidelings, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PF
Received 19 Feb 202163 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3HN
Received 20 Feb 2021Charlcombe House, Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 20 Feb 202114 Dunsford Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HF
Received 22 Feb 202114 Dunsford Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HF
Received 22 Feb 2021Elmleigh, Stockwood Vale, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AP
Received 22 Feb 2021Lammasfield Farm, Access Road To Lammas Field Farm, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0NU
Received 20 Feb 2021Manor Cottage, 14 Church Street, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3QG
Received 20 Feb 202129 Stonehouse Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DW
Received 21 Feb 2021Drumneil, 18B Bloomfield Grove, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BZ
Received 21 Feb 202118 Tennis Court Avenue, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NA
Received 21 Feb 2021Records 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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