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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.
22,477 approved · 2,421 refused · 2,808 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bathwick Hill House, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HA
Received 9 Apr 2021Alvane, Upper Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5RH
Received 9 Apr 20215 Innicks Close, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PL
Received 8 Apr 2021Old North Chew Farm, Norton Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RW
Received 9 Apr 202155 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XL
Received 9 Apr 2021The Podium, Northgate Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5AL
Received 9 Apr 202173 Wellsway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RT
Received 9 Apr 202111 Ash Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2HQ
Received 9 Apr 202134 Forester Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QE
Received 9 Apr 2021Twerton Villa, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Apr 2021101 Greenway Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LN
Received 12 Apr 202136 Gaston Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1LR
Received 12 Apr 202182 Bath Old Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3HE
Received 12 Apr 202110A Bath Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8DW
Received 12 Apr 202157 Frankland Close, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4EL
Received 12 Apr 2021West End House, High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QD
Received 11 Apr 2021Liberal Democrats, 31 James Street West, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BT
Received 12 Apr 2021Camerton And Peasedown Croquet Club, Whitebrook Lane, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Apr 202146 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AE
Received 12 Apr 2021Flat 32, Caxton Court, Grove Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PN
Received 12 Apr 2021St Marks Community Centre, St Mark's Road, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PA
Received 12 Apr 202135 Shakespeare Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RF
Received 12 Apr 2021Royal National Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RL
Received 12 Apr 2021Royal National Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases, Upper Borough Walls, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RL
Received 12 Apr 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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