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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.
27,839 approved · 2,784 refused · 3,088 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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22 Ridge Crescent, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6EE
Received 14 May 2021Tarnwell House, Old Tarnwell, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4EE
Received 14 May 2021Brooklands, Silver Street, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8RE
Received 14 May 20219 Cotswold Road, Moorlands, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2DJ
Received 14 May 20217 Hermitage Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SN
Received 13 May 202118 The Oval, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2HB
Received 14 May 202163 Rosslyn Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LQ
Received 14 May 202130A Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PQ
Received 14 May 202110 Bonhill Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5TS
Received 14 May 20211 Percival Terrace, Church Lane, Farrington Gurney, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6TZ
Received 14 May 2021Jasmin, Sutton Hill Road, Bishop Sutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5UR
Received 14 May 2021Miles House, Dunsford Place, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6HF
Received 14 May 2021Upper Northend Farm, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8ES
Received 14 May 2021Upper Northend Farm, Northend, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8ES
Received 14 May 2021Taylor Wimpey Residential Development Parcel 4200, Park Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 14 May 2021Wisteria House, High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QE
Received 14 May 2021Wisteria House, High Street, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QE
Received 14 May 2021Durley Grange, Durley Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2AQ
Received 14 May 20211 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AH
Received 14 May 2021The Spinney, Church Hill, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6HG
Received 14 May 202121 Victoria Terrace, Bath Road, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7NY
Received 14 May 202116 Holcombe Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6UL
Received 14 May 2021Flat 11, Brookside House, High Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BY
Received 14 May 2021The Old Mill, Mill Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HD
Received 14 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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