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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71,504 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Refused24/03253/FUL
Installation of rear dormer to detached garage and pv panels to front. Installation of timber driveway gates. Repairs to existing front boundary wall with new gated entrance relocated. Installation of dormers to front of dwelling, porch canopy, pv panels to front elevation, enlargement of rear dormer and pv panels to dormer roof. Proposed side extension. Alterations to front elevation of existing outbuilding.
Somerset Cottage , 14 Somerset Lane, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SW
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Consent24/03254/AR
Display of non-illuminated hoarding style sign on the front of the spectator stand.
Football Ground, Recreation Ground, Church Road, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8AA
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/03255/FUL
Change of use of agricultural land for dog training including walkway and parking area.
Parcel 2520, Mill Hill, Wellow, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Application Permitted24/03256/FUL
Erection of single storey side and rear extension.
Szrelem , Timsbury Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0AE
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Lawful24/03257/CLPU
Erection of garden annex in the rear garden, as home office and storage (Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Development).
19 - 20 Elm Terrace, Westfield, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 3XP
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Application Permitted24/03258/VAR
Variation of condition 2 (Plans List (Compliance)) of application 23/00101/FUL (Installation of gas service main and meter box to open basement courtyard area. Installation of gas boiler along with the provision of a boiler flue through external basement wall terminated to an external position within the courtyard area).
Basement, 1 Oxford Row, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2QN
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/03259/CLPU
Creation of new parking area to the front of garage (Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Development).
45 Rackvernal Road, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2UG
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Lawful24/03260/CLPU
Creation of a new driveway and associated works (Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Development).
Dallamore Rise , 17 Audley Grove, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BT
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Condition Discharged24/03261/COND
Discharge of condition 10 (Water Efficiency - Rainwater Harvesting (Pre-occupation)) of application 22/02914/FUL (Replacement of multiple single storey shed buildings within the walled garden with one single storey dwelling on the site of a former single storey glasshouse).
The Walled Garden, Kingwell Hall, Hayeswood Road, Farmborough, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 0HH
Received 28 Aug 2024 - Application Permitted24/03262/FUL
Demolition of existing garage and erection of garage on existing footprint. Erection of a staircase to the rear of the kitchen.
42 High Street, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3EJ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - No Objection24/03263/TCA
Group of 14 Ash G1 - fell.
24A Alexandra Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PW
Received 29 Aug 2024 - No Objection24/03264/TCA
T1- Cherry, Remove to ground level and eco plug. T2- Honey Locust, Remove and eco plug. T3- Honey Locust, Remove and eco plug. T4- Magnolia, Remove to ground level and eco plug. T5- Mixed, Remove dead Ivy covered stem to ground level. G1-Mixed, Remove to ground level one Cherry sapling, two small Portuguese Laurel and two small yew trees and eco plug.
15 Brock Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2LW
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Application Permitted24/03265/OUT
Outline planning application with some matters reserved for the erection of detached bungalow.
1 Bloomfield Lane, Paulton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 7QU
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Condition Discharged24/03267/COND
Discharge of conditions 2 (Construction management plan) and 3 (parking management plan) of application 24/00710/FUL (Demolition of existing side and rear extensions. Proposed single story rear extension, double story side extension, porch and rear dormer. Extension to and conversion of garage. Creation of wider access drive and parking area).
The Bungalow , Corston Lane, Corston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 9AE
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Application Permitted24/03268/FUL
Single Storey Rear/Side Extension to provide annexe and Detached Garden Store
Wester Lea , 204 Old Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RH
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Application Permitted24/03269/FUL
Erection of detached Garage
Sunny Lea , Westwood Avenue, High Littleton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 6XY
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Application Permitted24/03271/FUL
Change of use of agricultural yard to domestic curtilage and construction of garage
Dewdown Farm , Nempnett Street, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8YF
Received 29 Aug 2024 - No Objection24/03272/TCA
T1. Leyland Cypress - removal of Leyland Cypress tree from flower border. Height 10 metres.
40 Audley Park Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XN
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Application Permitted24/03273/FUL
Change of use from 4 bedroom dwelling (Use Class C3) to 4 bedroom House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4).
45 Roundhill Grove, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1JT
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Application Withdrawn24/03274/FUL
Change of use of land from agricultural to equine use. Creation of new gated entrance on Clutton Hill with track leading to top field with 2no. posts, rail boundary fencing and hedging. Erection of 8no. wooden stables, arena, placement of 2no. ISO containers, with a tent cover between for storage. Stationing of static caravan, buried water treatment tank, buried rain harvest tank, disabled toilet, changing room, and drying room. Hard standing area for horse boxes/trailer, parking, open storage & loading.
Parcel 3256, Clutton Hill, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Application Permitted24/03276/VAR
Variation of conditions 2 (Materials - Submission of Schedule and Samples) and 7 (Plans List) of 06/00194/FUL (Construction of building containing self-contained flats) (Amended by 24/03442/NMA and 24/03505/NMA).
Plot Between 21 And 23, Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Condition Discharged24/03279/COND
Discharge of condition 3 of application 22/01820/FUL (Construction of 3no. dwellings with access, parking, landscaping, screening and associated works)
2 Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2HB
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Application Permitted24/03281/FUL
Erection of a covered outdoor lunge pen and gallop track.
Braysdown Stables Ltd , Gassons, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8FE
Received 29 Aug 2024 - Condition Discharged24/03282/COND
Discharge of conditions 4 and 5 of application 06/00194/FUL (Construction of building containing 4 no. self-contained flats).
Plot Between 21 And 23, Coombend, Radstock, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 29 Aug 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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