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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.
25,400 approved · 2,646 refused · 2,967 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Avon House, 256 High Street, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RA
Received 9 Jun 202134 Salisbury Road, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QZ
Received 9 Jun 202176 Bloomfield Drive, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BG
Received 9 Jun 20211 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HS
Received 9 Jun 2021137 The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NJ
Received 9 Jun 2021Parcel 0045 North, Claverton Down Road, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Jun 20212 Oldfield Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3NA
Received 9 Jun 202184 Triangle North, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3JB
Received 9 Jun 2021Parcel 6781 Development Site, Cobblers Way, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 9 Jun 202172 Roundhill Park, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NN
Received 9 Jun 202149 Penn Lea Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RG
Received 9 Jun 2021Glanville Farm, Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AT
Received 7 Jun 2021Pate, Moorledge Farm, Moorledge Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TL
Received 8 Jun 2021Bloomfield House Private Hotel, 146 Bloomfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2AS
Received 9 Jun 202112 St Stephen's Close, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PP
Received 9 Jun 2021Mendip View, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PD
Received 9 Jun 2021Mendip View, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PD
Received 9 Jun 2021The Retreat, Stoke Hill, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XF
Received 9 Jun 20211 Meare Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5PP
Received 10 Jun 202151 Bloomfield Park, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BX
Received 10 Jun 2021Lamorna, Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6AZ
Received 10 Jun 2021Tabora, Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HH
Received 10 Jun 2021The Bath Studio School, The Link School, Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 10 Jun 2021156 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LE
Received 10 Jun 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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