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Bath and North East Somerset Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Bath and North East Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates47,807Searchable applications
971Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 23,454 approved or refused records
2,354Refused applications
21,100 approved · 2,354 refused · 2,735 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas35 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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- No Objection21/01407/TCA
T1 (Hawthorn - Paul's Scarlet (Crataegus laevigata)) - Reduce lower and intermediate branches to 1m. Remove longest (4m) branch and reduce 3.3m branch to about 1.5m.
74 Holloway, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PU
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Condition Discharged21/01408/COND
Discharge of condition 3 (materials) of application 20/03285/FUL (Erection of a single storey rear and side extension).
12 Beech Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2HL
Received 17 Mar 2021 - Application Refused21/01409/FUL
Erection of 2 storey rear extension, loft conversion including rear dormer and front roof-light, demolition of existing single-storey garage and 'pop-up' rear access and replacement with two-storey side extension. Associated external amendments including replacement of all existing windows and front and rear landscaping.
15 St Catherine's Close, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6BS
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Application Permitted21/01410/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension following demolition of existing single storey rear extension.
7 Beaufort West, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QB
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Consent21/01411/LBA
Internal and external alterations to include erection of single storey rear extension following demolition of existing single storey rear extension.
7 Beaufort West, Lambridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6QB
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Application Refused21/01412/FUL
Erection of 3no. acoustic barriers; permission to allow the filling of concrete mixing vehicles between 6:30am and 5:30pm (Monday-Friday) 8:00am-1:00pm Saturday and 7:30am-5:30pm (Bank Holidays); permission to allow other specified operations at the site between 7:30am and 6:30pm (Monday-Friday) and 8:00am and 1:00pm (Saturday) and 7:30am-5:30pm (Bank Holidays); and permission to store materials in external yard area (re-submission of planning application 20/02008/FUL).
Unregistered Unit 1-4, Old Station Yard, Avon Mill Lane, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Application Permitted21/01413/FUL
Erection of front porch.
Hawkesbury House, Skinners Hill, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0PX
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Approve21/01414/NMA
Non-Material Amendment to application 20/02921/FUL (Proposed construction of 42no. new dwellings and 2no. new blocks of apartments to provide a total of 70 new homes on part of the former MOD site at Warminster Road (Resubmission of ref. 19/03838/FUL).)
Site Of Former Ministry Of Defence Offices, Warminster Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Condition Discharged21/01415/CONDLB
Discharge of conditions 5 and 6 of application 20/01461/LBA (Internal and external alterations to include demolition of dining room and interconnecting flat roof extensions, removal of roof-lights and redundant pipework, erection of single storey extension, garden landscaping and associated work.)
Priory House, North Stoke Lane, North Stoke, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AT
Received 23 Mar 2021 - No Objection21/01417/TCA
T1 (Apple Tree) - remove
91 Lower Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3HR
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Application Permitted21/01418/FUL
Erection of a loft conversion with dormer, erection of 2no summer house, and erection of elevated decking following removal of top half of existing shed.
29 Elmhurst Estate, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7NU
Received 23 Mar 2021 - No Objection21/01419/TCA
T1 (Ash) - remove.
Smallcombe Farm, Sydney Buildings, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DD
Received 24 Mar 2021 - No Objection21/01420/TCA
Oak (T1) - Pollard to 10m above stream level
Wild Bank, Scot Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UW
Received 24 Mar 2021 - Application Permitted21/01421/FUL
Internal and external alterations to include replacement windows and front door, works to garden walls, internal alterations and single storey rear extension to 21 Dafford Street
21 Dafford Street, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SW
Received 24 Mar 2021 - Consent21/01422/LBA
Internal and external alterations to include replacement windows and front door, works to garden walls, internal alterations and single storey rear extension to 21 Dafford Street
21 Dafford Street, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6SW
Received 24 Mar 2021 - No Objection21/01423/TCA
T1 - Crown reduce Eucalyptus tree by approximately 3.5m. Prune back to the edge of path. Prune back to the boundary hedge
Rose Cottage, 5 Bath Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AQ
Received 24 Mar 2021 - No Objection21/01424/TCA
Thuja - T1 - Fell. Sycamore - T2 - Mature triple trunk. Crown lift to 4.5m.
Southside, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AY
Received 24 Mar 2021 - No Objection21/01425/TCA
T1 - Cherry Tree - fell and replace
3 Bloomfield Park, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BY
Received 24 Mar 2021 - Application Permitted21/01428/FUL
Erection of a pair of semi-detached bungalows.
Land Between Stowborough Cottages And Highfield Road, Greenlands Road, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Mar 2021 - Application Permitted21/01429/FUL
Erection of a two-storey extension (gross area 25.4m2) on the side of an existing two-storey house.
5 Barnard Walk, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2NS
Received 24 Mar 2021 - Condition Discharged21/01430/CONDLB
Discharge of condition 4 (Joinery Details) of application 20/00729/LBA (Internal and external alterations to include conversion of basement to habitable space, installation of new external windows, door and staircase)
Prospect House, St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PR
Received 19 Mar 2021 - No Objection21/01431/TCA
T14, bay - remove. T3, yew - remove.
Yew Tree Villa, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AX
Received 24 Mar 2021 - No Objection21/01433/TCA
Arbutus (T1) - prune by 2.5m on one side of crown to reduce weight on two long over extended limbs. Lawsons Cypress (T2, T3) - fell.
Springfield Villa, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RB
Received 24 Mar 2021 - No Objection21/01435/TCA
Magnolia - reduce to 4' Medlar - dismantle to ground level Fig - dismantle to ground level Alder - shorten 2 large limbs over river 2x Apple - dismantle to ground level Cherry - remove
8 St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PX
Received 24 Mar 2021
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What these statistics cover
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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