To provide a coating apparatus capable of stably forming a planographic printing plate having a double-layered type plate making layer, and a coating method using the same.

The coating apparatus for forming a plurality of layers on a continuously running strip-like article to be coated is equipped with a bar coater for coating the article to be coated with a one layer forming solution to form a first layer and a non-contact coating means positioned on the downstream side of the bar coater with respect to the running direction of the article to be coated and applying an other layer forming solution having a composition same as or different from that of the one layer forming layer to the first layer to form a layer on and after a second layer.