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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.
23,630 approved · 2,532 refused · 2,898 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
118 Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RY
Received 12 Mar 20218 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 12 Mar 20212 Ellsbridge Close, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1TB
Received 13 Mar 2021The Vicarage, 13 St Peter's Road, Westfield, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4BJ
Received 15 Mar 202140 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5QA
Received 13 Mar 2021Closed Public Toilets, Claverton Street, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LE
Received 15 Mar 2021Flat 1, 35 Green Park, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1HZ
Received 15 Mar 202151 Belle Vue, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BS
Received 14 Mar 20217 Lynfield Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4ER
Received 14 Mar 2021Castle View, 16 Kingsway, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2NH
Received 15 Mar 2021Hill Farm Cottage, Manor Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3AB
Received 15 Mar 2021Flat 1, 26 Pulteney Mews, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4DS
Received 15 Mar 20219 Walcot Terrace, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6AB
Received 11 Mar 202144A Temple Street, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1EH
Received 15 Mar 20215 Widcombe Crescent, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AH
Received 12 Mar 2021Orchard Cottage, Weston Park, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4AN
Received 15 Mar 20215 Henrietta Villas, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LX
Received 15 Mar 20218 Richmond Place, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PZ
Received 12 Mar 20218 The Island, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HQ
Received 11 Mar 2021165 Park Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1AS
Received 15 Mar 2021Breach Dairy Farm, Lower Bristol Road, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QR
Received 15 Mar 2021Acl House, Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 Mar 202145 Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DB
Received 15 Mar 2021The Chocolate Quarter, Trajectus Way, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 15 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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