LPA Profile

What we hold on a single planning authority: appeal behaviour, what they refuse on, which policies they cite, and how current their local plan is. For the national league table and 47-year statistical history, see Council Performance. New: which refusal reasons survive appeal here — measured from real Inspectorate decision letters.

Bath and North East Somerset Council

GSS E06000022 · Portal: custom (untested) · council register

Applications we hold
1,852
2026-01-26 – 2026-09-08
Refusal rate (our sample)
2%
37 of 1,852 — a sample, not the register
Appeals overturned
27.21%
80 allowed of 339 appeals
Local plan age
adoption date not published

How this council decides

Measured against the published determination target on 1,366 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 53 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).

57%
decided early
(4+ days before target)
32%
on the deadline
(final 3 days)
11%
after the target
50
average days
from valid to decision

This authority reliably determines within the statutory target. If yours is drifting past it, that is unusual here and worth querying.

Which day decisions land

Mon
19.5%
Tue
28.3%
Wed
21.2%
Thu
21.1%
Fri
9.8%

An even working week is 20% a day. Amber marks a day carrying 26% or more.

By application type

TypeDecisionsAfter targetOn deadline
Trees 477 4% 19%
Full 433 7% 45%
Heritage 130 50% 21%
Outline 98 2% 43%
Amendment 91 10% 34%
Conditions 85 9% 26%
Advertising 32 22% 59%

What "after the target" means. Published data cannot distinguish an agreed extension of time from a target that was simply missed — both appear the same way. This measures when the decision was issued relative to the statutory target, and nothing more. Deadline data is currently available for London authorities only.

Development plan

Bath and North East Somerset Core Strategy
Adoption date not published in the national register · plan period 2011-01-01–2029-01-01
Plan documents

National statistics for this authority →

Councils with data on file

Charnwood (2728) Barnet (2422) Leeds (2328) Dorset (2249) Westminster (2249) Buckinghamshire (2195) BCP (2150) Cornwall (2082) Bromley (2076) Newcastle upon Tyne (2058) Bradford (1958) Gateshead Council (1872) Bath (1852) Ealing (1763) Bristol (1720) Croydon (1634) Brent (1621) Wandsworth (1603) Islington (1504) Enfield (1499) Burnley (1417) Hounslow (1381) Birmingham (1377) Durham (1348)

On the numbers. The refusal rate, officers and agents here are computed from the applications PlanningCore has collected for this authority — for most councils that is a recent sample rather than the full register, and the date range above tells you which. The appeal overturn rate comes from Planning Inspectorate decisions and covers a much longer period. Use the national statistics page for complete, official volumes.

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