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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71,504 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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- No Objection24/03593/TCA
Beech- fell.
Orchard House , Bathampton Lane, Bathampton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6SW
Received 24 Sept 2024 - No Objection24/03594/TCA
Bay (T1) - Section fell
4 Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3JX
Received 24 Sept 2024 - No Objection24/03595/TCA
T1 Cypress & T3 Tree Of Heaven - fell. T2 Cherry tree - fell dead.
Monkton Wyld , Court Lane, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7RY
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Application Permitted24/03596/FUL
Change of use from a 4 Bed dwelling house (C3) to a 7 Bed HMO (sui generis). Increasing off street parking from 1 space to 2 spaces.
22 Long Hay Close, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1EL
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Consent24/03598/LBA
External repair works to stabilise the wall between numbers 25-27 Church Street and prevent further collapse.
25 Church Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4BU
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Application Permitted24/03599/FUL
Conversion of farm building into a dwelling
Underdown Barn, Bath Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8QZ
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Approve24/03600/NMA
Non-material amendment to application 23/01861/FUL (Erection of 2no. new buildings including a boat shed and a new land training facility for club members).
Minerva Bath Rowing Club, Newbridge Road, Newbridge, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Sept 2024 - No Comment24/03601/CONSLT
Consultation for felling license application Ref FL-018 -3439-2024
Mountain Wood And Prigley, Prospect Place, Bathford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Application Permitted24/03602/FUL
Erection of single storey front extension and garage conversion
12 Cleevedale Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5QS
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Application Permitted24/03603/FUL
Erection of first and ground floor extensions, exterior alterations, landscaping works including the erection of a garage.
8 Combe Road Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5JG
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Application Permitted24/03605/FUL
Change of use from Dwelling House (C3) to HMO (C4) and internal alterations
51 Ambleside Road, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2LP
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Consent24/03606/LBA
Minor internal and external alterations to second and third floors of existing office building.
Kings Court , Parsonage Lane, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1ER
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Condition Discharged24/03608/CONDLB
Discharge of condition 4 (External Staircase Details) of application 22/04065/LBA (Erection of two storey extension and tree house to east elevation of the Stable and Coach House Block at Lyncombe House to provide additional school space (use class F1(a)), with associated car parking and landscaping to south-east and south-west of site).
Paragon School , Lyncombe Vale, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4LT
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Application Permitted24/03609/VAR
Variation of conditions 2 (Wildlife Protection and Enhancement Scheme), 3 (Biodiversity Net Gain and Habitat Management Plans), 4 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) and removal of condition 5 (Details of Green Roofs) of application 23/04762/FUL (Erection of a level base and new tea shed incorporating storage and ticket sales. Visitor access improvements from Church Lane gate access; including installation of a metal estate rail alongside access track, gates for maintenance access and provision of visitor cycle parking hoops, installation of a new visitor footpath, associated signage. Removal of existing timber visitor tea shed and associated decking and external storage sheds and removal of existing ticket hut installed under planning consent ref 18/00647/FUL).
Picnic Area, Prior Park Landscape Gardens, Ralph Allen Drive, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AH
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Condition Discharged24/03610/COND
Discharge of conditions 3 (Balcony (Bespoke Trigger)) and 4 (Materials - Submission of Schedule and Samples (Bespoke Trigger)) of application 23/04251/FUL (Replacement of front dormer, installation of additional front dormer, removal of second floor conservatory and removal of derelict outhouse).
128 Lower Oldfield Park, Oldfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 3HS
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Lawful24/03611/CLEU
Use of property as House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4). (Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use).
49 Coronation Avenue, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2JU
Received 25 Sept 2024 - No Objection24/03612/TCA
cherry tree - Removal of dead tree, replaced by a new cherry tree. larch tree - Removal of dead wood. Unidentified tree next to house - unspecified pruning works; Fruit trees - unspecified pruning. beech tree - Minor crown lifting.
Gougane Barra, The Street, Ubley, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6PA
Received 24 Sept 2024 - Consent24/03613/TPO
T2- Sycamore. Reduce the lateral branches by another 2-3m ( following previous works undertaken under 22/02540/TPO) and thin out selective branches on the two stems growing towards the university to reduce the weight in the two major stems leaning that way.
Norwood Dene, The Avenue, Claverton Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Sept 2024 - No Comment24/03614/CONSLT
Consultation request for Somerset Council application 2024/0334/REM (Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval 2020/1169/OTS for 6no. dwellinghouses with details of access. Matters of appearance/landscaping/layout/scale to be determined)
Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 23 Sept 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/03615/COND
Discharge of condition 10 (Mezzanine Details (Bespoke Trigger)) of application 22/04206/LBA (Internal and external works relating mixed use conversion of Church including: replacement and new roof lights to the Narthex; new door to the Vestry and internal works comprising the conversion and subdivision of the western Narthex to enable the conversion to 6 No. residential (Class C3) apartments, and installation of lightweight partitions to the Nave and Chancel area to facilitate the commercial use (Class E) permitted under planning permission 21/02307/FUL).
Holy Trinity Church , Monmouth Place, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2AY
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/03618/FUL
Change of use from offices (Class E) to 14 No. self-contained short-stay apartments (sui generis)
7 - 9 North Parade Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NS
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Consent24/03619/LBA
Internal and external works for change of use from offices (Class E) to 14 No. self-contained short stay apartments (sui generis).
7 - 9 North Parade Buildings, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1NS
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Application Permitted24/03620/FUL
Installation of new roof including a change in roof finish, new rooflight on front and solar panels on rear.
63 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EE
Received 25 Sept 2024 - No Objection24/03623/TCA
Ash (1) - fell. Damson (2) - fell. Greengage (3) - fell.
Honeysuckle Farm , Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AU
Received 25 Sept 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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