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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.
18,039 approved · 2,209 refused · 2,550 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Axbridge Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PW
Received 8 Feb 2021Middle Lodge, Fersfield, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AR
Received 8 Feb 2021St Clements Court, Crown Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BZ
Received 8 Feb 2021270 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RA
Received 8 Feb 2021Bay House, Weston Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AA
Received 8 Feb 2021107 Holcombe Close, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6UR
Received 9 Feb 202150 Queen's Drive, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PB
Received 9 Feb 202154 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 9 Feb 2021High Beeches, 156 Midford Road, South Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5SE
Received 9 Feb 2021Valley View, 16 Linden Close, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3EJ
Received 2 Feb 2021Yew Tree Farm, Breach Hill Common, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YG
Received 9 Feb 2021Budbrook Bungalow, St Saviour's Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6ST
Received 9 Feb 2021The Orchard, Gibbet Lane, Norton Malreward, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 0BX
Received 9 Feb 202110 Darlington Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EA
Received 9 Feb 2021Spinnaker House, Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 9 Feb 2021106 West Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3QB
Received 3 Feb 2021Steam Mill Cottage, Railway Lane, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QG
Received 9 Feb 202112A Powlett Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QQ
Received 9 Feb 20211 Sion Hill Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SJ
Received 9 Feb 2021Chantry Farm, Stockwood Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS14 8NE
Received 9 Feb 20218 The Labbott, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1BD
Received 9 Feb 2021Redroofs, Hawarden Terrace, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RE
Received 4 Feb 2021Parcels 3789 & 4500, Whistley Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Feb 2021Willowbrook, Peppershells Lane, Compton Dando, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4LL
Received 10 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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