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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.
24,476 approved · 2,580 refused · 2,930 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4-5 Railway Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1TH
Received 20 May 2021Westbury Farm, Tunley Road, Tunley, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8BE
Received 20 May 2021Priory Hotel, Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XT
Received 20 May 2021Church Farm, North Stoke Lane, North Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AT
Received 20 May 2021Flat 4, 103 Sydney Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NE
Received 20 May 20216 Devonshire Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6UB
Received 20 May 202152 Fairfield Avenue, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6NJ
Received 20 May 2021Parcel 4234, Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 May 2021Rose Lea, Broomhill Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5SA
Received 20 May 202111 Cappards Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5PS
Received 20 May 20213 Spratts Bridge, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RZ
Received 20 May 2021Parcel 4234, Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 May 2021Sharpstone Cottage, Sharpstone Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7UA
Received 20 May 2021Friends Takeaway, 3 New Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AF
Received 21 May 20211 Summerleaze, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2BZ
Received 21 May 202175 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3HN
Received 21 May 2021Parcel 3615, Wells Road, Hallatrow, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 May 2021Second Floor, 18 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LT
Received 21 May 2021Radford Lodge, Upper Radford, Bath Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PU
Received 21 May 20217 Pierrepont Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1LB
Received 21 May 2021Vine House, Cambridge Terrace, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BE
Received 21 May 20217 Bloomfield Crescent, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BE
Received 21 May 2021Old Mills Court, Old Mills, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 May 202166 Bloomfield Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3AA
Received 21 May 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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