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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 dates58,986Searchable applications
945Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 36,962 approved or refused records
3,196Refused applications
33,766 approved · 3,196 refused · 3,425 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2012 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Condition Discharged21/04873/D6A
Discharge of Planning Obligation under Schedule 4 - Highway Works and Travel Plan, Part 1, items: 1 & 6 of S.106 (dated 27.03.2015) of application 14/04354/EOUT (Outline Planning Permission for up to 700 dwellings, up to 500 sqm retail (Use Class A1, A2, A3, A4, A5) up to 1,000sqm employment (Use Class B1), up to 3,500 sqm community/education (Use Class D1), single form entry primary school, open space and all associated infrastructure.)
Former Ministry Of Defence Foxhill Premises, Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Application Refused21/04874/FUL
Creation of hard standing and access on to the public highway (Retrospective)
5 Squire Lane, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PP
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Consent21/04875/LBA
External alterations to include replacement of 8 timber sash windows to reinstate glazing bars.
11 Thomas Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NW
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Application Permitted21/04876/FUL
Erection of 2no. new storage garages for roofing materials and trucks
Braysdown Lodge, Woodborough Hill, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8LN
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Application Permitted21/04877/FUL
Internal renovation and replacement shopfront signage of The Body Shop retail store.
2 Burton Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BN
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Consent21/04878/AR
Display of 1no. non-illuminated fascia sign and 1no. non-illuminated projecting sign.
2 Burton Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BN
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Application Permitted21/04879/FUL
Erection of a stable with feed store and change of use of land from agricultural to mixed equine and agriculture.
Parcel 7568, Highfield Lane, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Oct 2021 - No Objection21/04880/TCA
Oak (T1) - fell and replant; Holm Oak (T2) - fell and replant; Silver Birch (T4) - fell and replant; Magnolia (T5) - Reduce by up to 1m.
Royal Crescent Hotel, 16 Royal Crescent, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LS
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Application Permitted21/04881/FUL
The construction, installation, operation and subsequent decommissioning of a renewable energy scheme comprising ground mounted photovoltaic solar arrays together with substation compound, cable trench, inverters, transformer station, internal access track, landscaping, biodiversity measures, permissive footpath, security fencing, security measures, access improvements and ancillary infrastructure on the agricultural fields to the south of A368 and west of A39. At the end of decommissioning, the temporary permissive footpath would be removed.
Parcel 6536, Top Lane, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Application Permitted21/04882/FUL
Conversion and adaptation of former public house to provide 3 No dwellings.
Prince Of Wales, Dunkerton Hill, Peasedown St. John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8PF
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Application Permitted21/04883/FUL
Change of mono-pitched single storey extension to double pitch roof to create usable roof space for ensuite bathroom, re-erection of previously removed chimney stack and replacement doors and windows on extension, addition of lable moulds to existing windows on garden elevations and new chimney pots to existing chimney.
Old Hayhurst House, Stoneage Lane, Tunley, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8AS
Received 29 Oct 2021 - No Objection21/04884/TCA
Cherry (T1) - Reduce crown by 2m.
1 Wellsway, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1HS
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Consent21/04885/TPO
Silver Birch (T1) - fell.
Royal United Hospital Central Wing, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 30 Oct 2021 - No Objection21/04886/TCA
Beech (T1)- Reduce to a 6m monolith.
Phaeton House, Sion Hill, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UH
Received 1 Nov 2021 - No Objection21/04887/TCA
Cypress (T1)- Fell
Pepperbox, Lynbrook Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5NB
Received 31 Oct 2021 - No Objection21/04888/TCA
Robinia (T1) - Remove 1x low minor branch over field; Birch (T2) - Remove 1x low minor branch over garden.
The Coach House, Kelston Road, Kelston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 9AF
Received 1 Nov 2021 - No Objection21/04889/TCA
Lilac tree - Removal of dead sections and reduction in height of remainder (approx. 70%).
24 Primrose Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2UT
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Application Withdrawn21/04890/FUL
Retrospective application for replacement barn
Land Below Inglescombe Farm, Haycombe Lane, Englishcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Condition Discharged21/04894/COND
Discharge of conditions 4,5 and 6 of application 21/01714/VAR (Variation of condition 14 (Plans List) of application 16/06053/FUL (Erection of apartment block comprising of 8 no. self contained studio flats following demolition of existing office and flat)).
9A Upper Bloomfield Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2RY
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Consent21/04895/VAR
Variation of condition 2 (plans list) of application 21/03838/LBA (Internal works for the removal of 2no. modern partition walls and 2no. modern doors. 1no. wall to be replaced with a new Crittal style glazed partition).
Flat 3, Claverton Lodge, Bathwick Hill, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6EN
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Lawful21/04898/CLEU
The change of use of land for the stationing of a caravan used for residential purposes (Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use).
Boat Yard, Broadmead Lane Industrial Estate, Broadmead Lane, Keynsham, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1ST
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Consent21/04899/LBA
Internal renovation and replacement shopfront signage of The Body Shop retail store.
The Body Shop, 2 Burton Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1BN
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Application Permitted21/04902/FUL
Erection of a second storey side extension
Riverside, 10 London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7HY
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Application Refused21/04904/FUL
Construction of a new dwelling with lower ground floor and upper floor at street level.
73 Cameley Green, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1SB
Received 1 Nov 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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