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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 dates105,398Searchable applications
980Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 81,653 approved or refused records
10,149Refused applications
71,504 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 5 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 9 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Application Withdrawn24/01880/CLPU
Erection of single storey Rear extension with internal remodelling (Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Development)
2 Penn Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RZ
Received 16 May 2024 - Application Permitted24/01881/FUL
Erection of first floor extension to be used as ancillary accommodation.
Whitehaven House , 22 Box Road, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7QD
Received 16 May 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/01882/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear extension.
8 St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PX
Received 16 May 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/01883/LBA
Internal and external alterations to include erection of rear single storey following demolition of existing rear extension, and various alterations to the internal layout.
8 St John's Road, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6PX
Received 16 May 2024 - No Objection24/01884/TCA
T1: Pine- dismantle to ground level.
51 Belle Vue, Welton, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2BS
Received 17 May 2024 - No Objection24/01885/TCA
G1 group of 6 Hollys -remove and replace with smaller shrubs. T2 and T3 2 x Elder - remove and replace with smaller shrubs.
54 Lyncombe Hill, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PJ
Received 17 May 2024 - Consent24/01886/REG13
Internal alterations including the upgrade of features to meet current fire regulations.
10 Broad Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5LJ
Received 17 May 2024 - Consent24/01887/REG13
Alterations to the existing Grade II listed building, involving the upgrade of the internal features to meet current fire regulations to nos 13A and 14.
13A Westgate Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1EB
Received 17 May 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/01888/CLPU
Proposed conversion of existing single garage to residential kitchen space (Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Development)
11 Trenchard Road, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3DT
Received 17 May 2024 - Application Permitted24/01889/FUL
Internal and external alterations to the removal of the garage and porch, reconfiguration of the east elevation and a new porch. Reinstatement of a hipped roof, replacement of a felt roof, renewal of the slate roof, alterations to the south projecting bay and new window and door joinery. New garden wall and garden store. Installation of a air source heat pump.
Woodside House , Staples Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WJ
Received 17 May 2024 - Consent24/01890/LBA
Internal and external alterations to the removal of the garage and porch, reconfiguration of the east elevation and a new porch. Reinstatement of a hipped roof, replacement of a felt roof, renewal of the slate roof, alterations to the south projecting bay and new window and door joinery. New garden wall and garden store. Installation of a air source heat pump
Woodside House , Staples Hill, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WJ
Received 17 May 2024 - Condition Discharged24/01891/COND
Discharge of condition 2 (Arboricultural Monitoring) of application 23/04408/RES (Reserved matters for consideration of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for 44 dwellings pursuant to planning permission 20/02303/OUT for residential development with associated mean of access, open space, landscaping, access road, footways/cycleway and associated infrastructure works)
Parcel 3700, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 May 2024 - Condition Discharged24/01892/COND
Discharge of condition 2 (Arboricultural Monitoring) of application 23/04409/RES (Formation of access road, footpath and cycle links, open space, landscaping and associated works (Reserved matter application following on from outline application 21/02973/OUT))
Parcel 3589, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 May 2024 - Application Permitted24/01893/FUL
Erection of two storey side extension incorperating garage, following removal of existing garage. Expansion of the front porch to enhance its footprint and internal remodelling.
2 Penn Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3RZ
Received 17 May 2024 - No Objection24/01894/TCA
1no. Black Pine Pinus nigra tree (Tree 18) to be removed to facilitate works to Twerton Sluice Gate.
Weston Island Bus Depot, Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9ES
Received 17 May 2024 - Consent24/01895/LBA
External alterations for the installation of a new extraction vent in the location of the previous vent only (Regularisation).
5 Argyle Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4BA
Received 17 May 2024 - Application Permitted24/01896/FUL
Proposed repairs to carport roof.
The Old Dairy, Melcombe Road, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 May 2024 - Condition Discharged24/01897/COND
Discharge of condition 1 of application 23/04100/VAR (Variation of conditions 11 (materials) and 17 (plans list) of application 19/01427/RES (Approval of reserved matters with regard to outline application 17/05325/OUT (Residential development of 5 dwellings and associated car parking and reorganisation of car parking for adjacent commercial premises). PLEASE NOTE: The Outline Planning Application was not an Environmental Impact Assessment Application)).
Proposed Employment Unit 2, Bell Lane, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 17 May 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/01898/CLPU
Proposed permanent mooring (Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Use).
Street Record, Access To Canal Bank, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 20 May 2024 - Application Permitted24/01899/FUL
Erection of single storey extension to existing garage
1 Priory Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AL
Received 20 May 2024 - Application Permitted24/01900/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension.
230 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3LG
Received 20 May 2024 - Consent24/01901/LBA
Internal and external alterations to 2no. windows to accommodate slimline VIG new glazing for Flat 24.
3 - 4 Nelson Place West, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BA
Received 20 May 2024 - Application Permitted24/01902/FUL
Erection of two storey rear extension to replace the existing single storey rear extension and single story side extension to replace existing single story side extension.
18 Upper Bloomfield Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2RZ
Received 20 May 2024 - Application Permitted24/01903/FUL
Internal and external alterations to include opening blocked door, reform garden entrance to the kitchen and reinstate boundary wall to garden.
Garden Maisonette, 6 St James's Square, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2TR
Received 20 May 2024
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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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