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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.
18,960 approved · 2,259 refused · 2,610 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Brass Mill, The Shallows, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EX
Received 21 Feb 2021Ring O'bells, Upper Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AN
Received 22 Feb 2021164 The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NF
Received 22 Feb 2021Stradling House, Backy Hill, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 22 Feb 20217A Harley Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Feb 2021Recreation Ground, Publow Lane, Publow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Feb 202161 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3HN
Received 22 Feb 202122 Macaulay Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AT
Received 22 Feb 2021The Bell, 103 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BW
Received 22 Feb 202130 Upper Bloomfield Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2RZ
Received 22 Feb 2021Wychwood Garth, The Glen, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3JR
Received 22 Feb 2021The Old Post Office, 28 High Street, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HT
Received 22 Feb 2021Part Of Parcel 5520, Coley Narrow, Coley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 19 Feb 2021Street Record, Lansdown Heights, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Feb 202168 Brookside, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7YR
Received 22 Feb 2021Street Record, Windell Street, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 22 Feb 202117 Chantry Mead Road, Moorlands, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2DE
Received 23 Feb 2021Bloomfield House, 3 Braysdown Lane, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8HQ
Received 23 Feb 20215-7 New Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AF
Received 23 Feb 202113 Dunsford Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HF
Received 23 Feb 2021Flat 4, 74 Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DL
Received 23 Feb 2021109 Church Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Feb 2021Kingswood School, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RG
Received 23 Feb 202148 Rockliffe Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QW
Received 23 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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