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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.
22,844 approved · 2,435 refused · 2,814 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Breach House, 110A High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TH
Received 13 Apr 2021Ground Floor, 7 Lansdown Place West, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EZ
Received 13 Apr 2021Acl House, Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 Apr 20215 The Mead, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7XU
Received 14 Apr 20212A Lambridge Mews, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QE
Received 14 Apr 2021Mission Theatre, 32 Corn Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1UF
Received 14 Apr 2021Westvale, Priston Road, Priston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9EA
Received 14 Apr 202126 Ivy Walk, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2EE
Received 14 Apr 202110 Mount Road, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PW
Received 14 Apr 202178 High Street, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7TG
Received 14 Apr 2021Lays Farm Business Centre, Lays Farm Trading Estate, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2SE
Received 14 Apr 202164 Southlands Drive, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HB
Received 14 Apr 202111A Westfield Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HQ
Received 14 Apr 202111A Westfield Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2HQ
Received 14 Apr 2021Redstile Cottage, Broadmoor Lane, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LJ
Received 15 Apr 2021Turnpike Yard, Lower Bristol Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9EU
Received 15 Apr 20218 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 14 Apr 2021Lordswood, 7 Station Approach, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4AE
Received 15 Apr 2021Rainbows End, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6ED
Received 15 Apr 202128 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BZ
Received 15 Apr 2021Equus House, Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 15 Apr 20212 Manor Farm Cottages, Anchor Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EH
Received 14 Apr 202129 Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DF
Received 15 Apr 2021Europa House, 3 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HS
Received 15 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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