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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.
28,605 approved · 2,824 refused · 3,127 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 23 Jul 202189 Entry Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5LS
Received 23 Jul 2021The Paddocks, Paulto' Hill, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7PJ
Received 23 Jul 20211 Sion Hill Place, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SJ
Received 23 Jul 202115 Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2ET
Received 23 Jul 20212 Mayfields, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1BW
Received 23 Jul 2021Cinderlands, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AF
Received 21 Jul 2021Cinderlands, Cameley Road, Cameley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5AF
Received 21 Jul 2021Skara Brae, Lyncombe Vale Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LS
Received 23 Jul 20216 St Catherine's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BS
Received 23 Jul 20213 Chapel Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XD
Received 23 Jul 2021Basement Flat, 11 Bathwick Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6NX
Received 23 Jul 2021Westhill House, The Lower Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 23 Jul 2021Westhill House, The Lower Lane, Combe Hay, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7EG
Received 23 Jul 202126 Albany Road, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1BP
Received 23 Jul 2021Mill Place, Bromley Road, Stanton Drew, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4ER
Received 23 Jul 202116 - 17 Old Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BP
Received 23 Jul 202116 - 17 Old Bond Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BP
Received 23 Jul 2021Barn House, Charlcombe Lane, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DS
Received 23 Jul 2021Kings Court, Parsonage Lane, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1ER
Received 23 Jul 202147 Edward Street, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 26 Jul 2021The Holt, Hunstrete, Marksbury, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NT
Received 24 Jul 202114 Gladstone Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5HJ
Received 24 Jul 2021Outbuildings Opposite Hill Cottages, Ramscombe Lane, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Jul 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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