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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 · 81,649 approved or refused records
10,149Refused applications
71,500 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Consent25/00832/LBA
Internal and external alterations in relation to the conversion of the ground and first floors to form one one-bedroom flat and one two-bedroom flat, including single-storey rear extension, replacement of modern stair, replacement of glazed roofing to rear extension with lead, alterations to the front elevation, and general repairs to the building.
Bath First National Spiritualist Church , Old Orchard Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1JU
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Application Permitted25/00833/FUL
Change of use from 3 bedroom dwelling (Use Class C3) to a 6 bedroom HMO (Use Class C4).
39 Garrick Road, Whiteway, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QX
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Application Permitted25/00835/FUL
Installation of two-lane artificial cricket net, to follow removal of existring single lane artificial cricket net.
Cricket Ground, The Chalks, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8SN
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Application Withdrawn25/00836/CLEU
Installation of central heating systems and associated pipework (Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use).
Hillstead House , Weston Park East, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XA
Received 4 Mar 2025 - No Objection25/00837/TCA
Sycamore, Conifer and Magnolia - dismantle.
1 Ham Gardens, Midsomer Norton, Bath And North East Somerset, BA3 2UQ
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Approve25/00838/SOLPA
Prior approval request for the installation of PV Solar Roof Panels on the Pathology, Princess Margaret Wing and South Blocks.
Block 43 Princess Anne Wing, Royal United Hospital, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3NG
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Consent25/00839/LBA
Internal alterations to reinstate the historic separation between 2,3,4,5 and 6 including reinstating two historic staircases and removal of a number of partition walls. (amendment to 24/02342/LBA)
2 Northumberland Buildings, Wood Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2JB
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Application Permitted25/00840/FUL
Extend the existing single-storey dwelling into a two-storey house.
Field Cottage , Midford Lane, Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire, BA2 7GW
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Application Permitted25/00841/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension, and creation of loft conversion with rear and side dormers
81 The Hollow, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1NE
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Application Permitted25/00842/FUL
Installation of rear dormer and front facing velux window.
4 Fairfield View , Ragland Lane, Fairfield Park, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6HX
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Planning Permission Not Required25/00844/FUL
Installation of secondary glazing to three vault rooms.
Hotel Indigo, 4 - 8 South Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4AA
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Consent25/00845/LBA
Internal and external alterations to include Installation of secondary glazing to three vault rooms.
Hotel Indigo, 4 - 8 South Parade, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4AA
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Application Withdrawn25/00846/CLPU
Use of site for storage, distribution own goods, Garden Machinery service, Office (Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Use)
Agricultural Buildings, Pipehouse Lane, Freshford, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Consent25/00847/LBA
External alterations to include recovering of existing roof, dormers and associated thermal/ventilation upgrades.
5 Henrietta Street, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 6LL
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Consent25/00848/TPO
Sycamore (T7) - Multi-stem (x 3) tree. Reduce one over-extended stem growing over garage roof back to secondary growth at 1.5m from stem.
Street Record, Lansdown Heights, Lansdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Mar 2025 - No Objection25/00849/TCA
T1-Apple (Malus). Reduce crown by approx 1-1.5m and thin the crown by 20%. T2-Apple (Malus). Reduce crown by approx 0.5m and thin the crown by 20%. T3-Elder (Sambucus nigra). Remove the dead crown and leave a standing pollard at approximately 1.5-1.8m. T4-Cherry (Prunus).Remove any crossing branches. T5-Holly (Ilex var.) Reduce crown by approximately 1-1.5m. T6-Snakebark Maple (Acer capillipes). Reduce height by up to 0.5m.
3 Bailbrook Lane, Lower Swainswick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 7AH
Received 4 Mar 2025 - No Objection25/00850/TCA
Three Sycamore trees - pollard by up to 5m to original growth points and shape. To go just past previous pruned points to remove the weak unions of the pollarded points and dead stumps. To re-shape the trees reducing some of the lower boughs by upto 1.5-2m.
Parcel 726, Southville Terrace, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Application Permitted25/00851/FUL
Erection of an upper extension over garage and porch.
9 Meadow Drive, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2BU
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Lawful25/00852/CLPU
Erection of a garden room to the rear of the garden. (Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Development)
1 Raby Villas , Sydney Wharf, Bathwick, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4EE
Received 4 Mar 2025 - Application Permitted25/00853/FUL
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension.
15 Napier Road, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 4LN
Received 4 Mar 2025 - No Objection25/00854/TCA
T4 Willow Tree - crown reduce by 2.5m and remove one dead/low hanging branch.
6 Madams Paddock, Chew Magna, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 8PN
Received 5 Mar 2025 - No Objection25/00855/TCA
T001 Beech and T002 Beech - To dismantle to approx 6m monolith.
2 Mount Beacon Place , Richmond Hill, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5SP
Received 5 Mar 2025 - Application Permitted25/00856/VAR
Variation of condition 2 (Plans List) and 12 (Construction Management Plan) of application 24/01142/FUL (Demolition and rebuilding of Eastern Tool Room workshop, with partial mezzanine floor and PV to roof. Recladding of retained Western Tool Room workshop and ancillary facilities, with PV to roof. M&E plant servicing retained and rebuilt Tool Room to be situated on existing canteen flat roof).
Cross Manufacturing Co Ltd , Midford Road, Odd Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5RR
Received 5 Mar 2025 - Application Permitted25/00857/FUL
Erection of single storey side extension, replacement of door on ground floor of south facing gable of existing house.
Fosseway , Old Fossway, Dunkerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 8BR
Received 5 Mar 2025
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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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