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Bath and North East Somerset planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Bath and North East Somerset Council. Also known as B&NES, BathNES and BANES.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bath and North East Somerset website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates55,859Searchable applications
952Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 32,992 approved or refused records
2,913Refused applications
30,079 approved · 2,913 refused · 3,200 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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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- Consent21/03881/AR
Display of 1no. non-illuminated acrylic fascia sign (retrospective)
12 Stall Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1QE
Received 17 Aug 2021 - No Objection21/03882/TCA
T1, Goat Willow - Remove. T2, Ash - Remove.
Site Of Former Folly Inn Brewery And Pleasure Ground, Lane Hampton Row To Grosvenor Bridge, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Aug 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/03886/CONSLT
Proposed telecommunications installation: Proposed 15.0m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet at base and associated ancillary works.
Wellow Lane Roundabout, Peasedown St John By-pass, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 16 Aug 2021 - No Objection21/03887/TCA
T1 apple tree - fell
Monckton House, Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AX
Received 17 Aug 2021 - Condition Discharged21/03888/COND
Discharge of condition 13 of application 19/05069/FUL (Internal and external alterations to Newark Works to provide Creative Employment Workspace (Total 4,974m2 GIA), including A3 use for not more than 10% of the total new floor area.)
Newark Works Unoccupied Premises, 1 - 4 Riverside Business Park, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Aug 2021 - Application Permitted21/03889/FUL
Erection of first floor extension over an existing flat roof, ground floor extension to the kitchen/breakfast room and a new door opening in the existing garden wall to the west.
Lantern House, 4 Bannerdown Close, Batheaston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7JN
Received 17 Aug 2021 - Consent21/03891/LBA
Internal works for the demolition of the stair porch to the rear of No. 4 Lambridge Buildings
4 - 5 Lambridge Buildings, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6RS
Received 18 Aug 2021 - No Objection21/03892/TCA
Lawsons Cypress (T2) - Fell.
Pilgrims, Chaucer Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4SN
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Consent21/03893/LBA
Alterations to internal layout and renovation and refurbishment works
4 Northampton Street, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2SN
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Consent21/03896/TPO
Crown lift trees overhanging car parking spaces in adjacent car park to 3m above ground level. ( amended description )
Keynsham Railway Station, Station Road, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 2BN
Received 11 Aug 2021 - Application Permitted21/03898/FUL
Change of use from residential annex to dual use for residential annexe and as a self-contained holiday-let.
1 Orchard Cottages, Wick Lane, Camerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0PQ
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/03900/CLEU
Use of property as House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4) (Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use)
30 St Martin's Court, Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RQ
Received 17 Aug 2021 - Application Permitted21/03901/FUL
Barn conversion and alterations to the original building to form straw bale Passivhaus standard dwelling (Revised proposal).
Crewcroft Barn, Hinton Hill, Hinton Charterhouse, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7PZ
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Consent21/03902/TPO
Scot's Pine (T1) - Remove
1 Van Diemen's Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5TW
Received 18 Aug 2021 - No Objection21/03903/TCA
Ash (T1) - Remove. Elm (T3) - Remove. Group of Ash up access track/public footpath/bridleway (G4) - Remove all branches and limbs over the track back to the main stems (along land adjacent to 31 Horseshoe Walk only).
31 Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DF
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Consent21/03904/TPO
Lime (T2) - Reduce end weight of lower branches over the road only by 2-3m
31 Horseshoe Walk, Widcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6DF
Received 18 Aug 2021 - Application Permitted21/03905/VAR
Variation of condition 6 (landscaping) of application 17/04089/VAR (Variation of conditions 14 and 17 of application 15/04558/VAR in order to lower the finished floor level of the car park to 21.89m AOD).
Walcot Yard, Walcot Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 Aug 2021 - Application Permitted21/03907/FUL
Installation of roof extension with lift to provide first floor accommodation.
61 Warminster Road, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6RX
Received 18 Aug 2021 - No Objection21/03912/TCA
Sycamore (T1) - Reduce crown by approx. 3m all round (reduce back to previous points). Slight crown raise and re-balance on north and east side of tree.
97 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XN
Received 19 Aug 2021 - Condition Discharged21/03913/COND
Discharge of condition 8 (Construction Management Plan) of application 19/03107/FUL. (Erection of attached new dwelling adjacent to 29 Stritingale Road)
29 Stirtingale Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2NF
Received 19 Aug 2021 - Application Permitted21/03914/FUL
External alterations for the replacement of 2no. steel fire escapes to the rear of Connaught Mansions and repairs to existing stonework.
Connaught Mansions, Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BP
Received 19 Aug 2021 - Consent21/03915/LBA
External alterations for the replacement of 2no. steel fire escapes to the rear of Connaught Mansions and repairs to existing stonework.
Connaught Mansions, Great Pulteney Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BP
Received 19 Aug 2021 - Application Refused21/03916/AGRN
Extension to agricultural machine shed.
Bull Inn Farm, Upper Bristol Road, Chelwood, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 4NH
Received 19 Aug 2021 - No Objection21/03917/TCA
Weeping Willow (T1) - remove all dead and dying branches
Wall End, Tunbridge Road, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SX
Received 19 Aug 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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