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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.
25,021 approved · 2,609 refused · 2,948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westcott, Tyning Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HB
Received 1 Jun 2021Victoria Lodge, Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XZ
Received 1 Jun 2021Westways Garage, Bath Road, Marksbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9HN
Received 1 Jun 202148 Kipling Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4RB
Received 1 Jun 202119 Welton Vale, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BG
Received 1 Jun 20215 Park Lane, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XG
Received 1 Jun 202117 Milton Avenue, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QZ
Received 1 Jun 2021Street Record, Ballance Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Jun 2021Flat 9, Ladymead House, 110-112 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BQ
Received 1 Jun 2021Flat 9, Ladymead House, 110-112 Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BQ
Received 1 Jun 202135 Forester Avenue, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QD
Received 1 Jun 202157 Uplands Road, Saltford, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3HW
Received 1 Jun 2021Flat 1, Perrymead Court, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AZ
Received 1 Jun 20218 St Stephen's Close, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5PP
Received 2 Jun 2021Bath Academy, 27 Queen Square, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2HX
Received 2 Jun 2021139 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1JA
Received 2 Jun 20213 Bathwick Terrace, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EL
Received 2 Jun 2021Mulberry House, Summer Lane, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EU
Received 2 Jun 2021Roseland Cottage, Fosse Lane, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JS
Received 2 Jun 2021Hazelwood, 36 High Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PW
Received 2 Jun 20216 Widcombe Crescent, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6AH
Received 2 Jun 2021Scott Antiques, 11 London Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BU
Received 2 Jun 202124 Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7EN
Received 2 Jun 2021Unit 4 Kier Integrated Services Limited, Ashmead Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1SX
Received 2 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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