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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71,504 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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- Condition Discharged24/04589/COND
Discharge of condition 4 (Removal of soil management Plan) of application 24/00817/FUL (Proposed conversion of existing garage to form habitable room. Proposed demolition of wood store at rear of property and erection of larger garage/store and erection of outbuilding on patio area including reduction in ground level in patio)
Rose Cottage , Pilgrims Way, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8XB
Received 11 Dec 2024 - TP5/TC5 Exempt from consent24/04590/TC5
Windblown ash - To dismantle.
12 Sion Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SG
Received 11 Dec 2024 - No Objection24/04591/TCA
Silver Leaf maple in rear garden - To carry out approx 2m reduction to previous reduction points and reshape.
Basement, 7 Lansdown Crescent, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5EX
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Consent24/04592/LBA
Internal alterations to relocate kitchen into existing living area to create an open plan living/kitchen space and convert existing kitchen into a bedroom.
Flat 2, 4 Great Stanhope Street, Kingsmead, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BQ
Received 12 Dec 2024 - No Objection24/04593/TCA
2 x Leylandii- To dismantle and to plant 2 x replacement
The Old Vicarage , Hatfield Road, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BD
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Condition Discharged24/04595/COND
Discharge of condition 2 of application 21/00834/FUL (Erection of three extensions to an existing detached residential property.)
High Meadow , College Road, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5RR
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Consent24/04596/AR
Display of new "One Stop" Signage and graphics to include externally illuminated fascia with trough LED lighting and logo pod, non-illuminated One Stop projecting sign, non-illuminated Post Office projecting sign, and window vinyls / manifestation.
46A High Street, Keynsham, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 1DX
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Consent24/04600/LBA
Replacement of heavily damaged and overloaded principal timber beams above a shop
20 Union Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1RS
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Condition Discharged24/04602/COND
Discharge of conditions 4 (Materials - Submission of Materials Schedule (Bespoke Trigger)), 8 (External and Internal Lighting (Bespoke trigger- requires approval of details prior to installation of new lighting) )and 17 (Fencing Details (Bespoke Trigger)) of application 23/03774/FUL (Erection of single storey extension, with roof top plant, landscaping and associated infrastructure (to create Sulis Orthopaedic Elective Centre)).
Sulis Hospital Bath , Foxcote Avenue, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8SQ
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Application Refused24/04603/PIP
A Permission in Principle Planning Application for the conversion of the existing barns on site to provide up to 8 residential dwellings
Hartley Wood, King Lane, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5QA
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decline to determine24/04604/VAR
Removal of condition 3 (Removal of Dormers) and variation of condition 5 (Plans List) of application 24/01307/FUL (Erection of outbuilding (retrospective), hard landscaping, and associated works at Linden Grove, The Batch, Butcombe BS40 7UY).
Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 12 Dec 2024 - No Objection24/04605/TCA
Laurel (Laurus nobilis) T1 - reduce the crown by 2 meters.
1 Bathwick Villas , Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LS
Received 12 Dec 2024 - No Objection24/04606/TCA
Semi Mature Maple (Acer campestre) T1 - fell.
2 Bathwick Villas , Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LS
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Application Permitted24/04607/FUL
Erection of two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and rear dormer window.
157 Bradford Road, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5BS
Received 12 Dec 2024 - No Objection24/04608/TCA
Silver Birch (T1) - approximately by 12 metres in height and reduce height of crown by 2.5 metres. Magnolia (T2) - approximately by 6 metres in height and reduce crown by 1.5 metres.
Roselawn , High Street, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7WF
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Approve24/04609/HPD
Prior approval request for single storey rear extension that would 1) extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.15 metres, 2) have a maximum height of 3.20 metes and 3) have eaves that are 3.20 metres high.
42 Underleaf Way, Peasedown St John, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8SY
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Application Permitted24/04610/FUL
Conversion of loft with hip to gable roof and rear flat roof dormer.
5 Frys Leaze , Charlcombe Lane, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6NU
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Application Permitted24/04611/FUL
Erection of first floor side extension above existing single storey ground floor
2 Victoria Close, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1BN
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Not published24/04613/SCREEN
Request for Screening Opinion for Demolition of existing commercial buildings and erection of up to 272no. co-living studios (sui generis) with associated ancillary facilities, and access and landscaping works.
Victoria Park Business Centre, Midland Road, Westmoreland, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3AX
Received 12 Dec 2024 - No Objection24/04614/TCA
T1-Sycamore, crown reduction of height by up to 4.5m whilst maintaining growth points, not leaving stub cuts and retaining silhouette. South portion of crown reduced in by 1.5m to reduce weight of heavy limb overhanging lines and neighbouring properties West portion of crown over road to be thinned. North Portion of crown, all limbs overhanging house removed East portion of crown thinned and pruned into shape with N and W works.
Ridgeway , Ridge Lane, West Harptree, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6ED
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Application Permitted24/04616/FUL
Erection of two storey side extension
46 Rogers Close, Clutton, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS39 5RU
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Condition Discharged24/04617/COND
Discharge of condition 3 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of application 24/02332/FUL (Conversion of existing workshop/garage area into an annex)
The Old Post Office , The Street, Chew Stoke, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8UU
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Application Permitted24/04619/FUL
Change of use of part of the Ground Floor from a public house to Class E Commercial floorspace. Use of the First Floor as a 4 bedroom (8 person HMO) together with associated works to facilitate the new uses
1A Piccadilly Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PL
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Consent24/04620/LBA
Change of use of part of the Ground Floor from a public house to Class E Commercial floorspace. Use of the First Floor as a 4 bedroom (8 person HMO) together with associated works to facilitate the new uses
1A Piccadilly Place, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6PL
Received 13 Dec 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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