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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.
27,280 approved · 2,754 refused · 3,066 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parcel 4234, Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 May 2021Unit 5 Peter Gunning And Partners, The Foundry, Beehive Yard, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5BT
Received 7 May 20218 The Elms, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7BP
Received 7 May 202117 Forester Lane, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6QX
Received 7 May 2021Parcel 4234, Combe Hay Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 May 2021Flower And Hayes Ltd, North Road, Timsbury, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 7 May 2021Charlcombe House, Granville Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9BE
Received 7 May 20218-10 Old Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BW
Received 7 May 2021Shirley Villa, Beechen Cliff Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QS
Received 7 May 2021Lark Barrow, Old Midford Road, Midford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7DQ
Received 10 May 2021Paradise House, 86 - 88 Holloway, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PX
Received 10 May 2021Pony & Trap, Newtown, Moorledge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TQ
Received 10 May 2021Proud Cross Cottage, Middle Street, East Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6BT
Received 8 May 20216 St Catherine's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BS
Received 8 May 202147 Balmoral Road, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1AN
Received 8 May 2021The Magpies, Mill Road, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3PX
Received 10 May 20211 Apsley Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LP
Received 9 May 20213 Vandyck Avenue, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2UH
Received 10 May 202142 Fosseway South, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 4AN
Received 9 May 202111B Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NY
Received 10 May 2021Miland House, 4 Rock Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1BP
Received 10 May 20215 Prior Park Buildings, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4NP
Received 10 May 20212 Lyme Gardens, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LW
Received 7 May 2021Church House, Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8TX
Received 10 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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