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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.
23,577 approved · 2,526 refused · 2,890 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 1, 8 Walcot Terrace, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AB
Received 11 Mar 20219 Belmont, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5DZ
Received 11 Mar 20217 Albert Avenue, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8JB
Received 11 Mar 2021Redwoods, 6A Kelston Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3QN
Received 11 Mar 20218 Frankley Terrace, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6DP
Received 11 Mar 20214 Titan Drive, Bathford Hill, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7SW
Received 11 Mar 2021Garden Flat, 14 New King Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BL
Received 11 Mar 2021Chaucer House, 1 The Cedars, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TR
Received 11 Mar 20215 Bloomfield Avenue, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0LS
Received 12 Mar 2021Mirabelle, Entry Hill Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NJ
Received 12 Mar 2021Treetops Nursing Home, St Clement's Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1AF
Received 12 Mar 202146 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 12 Mar 2021Stockwood Vale Golf Club, Stockwood Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2ER
Received 12 Mar 2021Binhams, Tuckers Lane, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PB
Received 12 Mar 2021Stroud Farm, Cock Lane, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7TQ
Received 12 Mar 20216 Widcombe Crescent, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AH
Received 12 Mar 2021Oak Tree Farm, The Street, Stowey, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5ES
Received 12 Mar 20211-2 Fairhaven Cottages, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8ES
Received 12 Mar 202111 London Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BU
Received 12 Mar 202155 North Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5DF
Received 12 Mar 2021Jasmine Cottage, 153 High Street, Pensford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4HN
Received 12 Mar 2021Kielder Demolished Property, Church Lane, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Mar 2021Mirage Inks Ltd, Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3AW
Received 12 Mar 20216 St Catherine's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BS
Received 12 Mar 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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