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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 dates105,430Searchable applications
985Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 81,625 approved or refused records
10,149Refused applications
71,476 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Pending Consideration26/03715/CLEU
Use of site as Use Class F2 (Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use).
Scout Hall, Church Street, Upper Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset,
Received 25 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03716/FUL
Hip to gable loft conversion with rear flat roof dormer
261 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2ET
Received 25 Sept 2026 - No Objection26/03717/TCA
Sycamore T1 - cut lower 4 limbs of back to fence line up to 3 metre reduction. Sycamore T2 and T3 - prune group of sycamores back to planter edge on right then wall edge on left up to 3 metres reduction south east side only. Robinia T4 - prune around telecom wire to clear by 1 metre.
Combe Grange , Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 7HL
Received 25 Sept 2026 - Pending Decision26/03718/FUL
Minor stone repairs and replacement of existing modern metal framed windows with timber sashes
The Canon, 1 Barton Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1HQ
Received 25 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03719/COND
Dicharge of conditions 3 (Green Roof Details), 5 (Materials), 6 (Joinery Details) and 7 (Dormers) of application 25/01085/FUL (Erection of single storey rear extension and a two storey side extension with pitched mansard roof following demolition of existing side extension. Adjustments to the fenestration at the front and rear)
4 Mount Beacon, Beacon Hill, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5QP
Received 25 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03720/REG03
Internal and external alterations (including the shopfront) to improve fire safety strategy and provide the opportunity for a separate user to the upper floors.
31 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DG
Received 25 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03721/REG13
Internal and external alterations (including the shopfront) to improve fire safety strategy and provide the opportunity for a separate user to the upper floors.
31 Milsom Street, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 1DG
Received 25 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03722/CLPU
Erection of rear extension to create kitchen and utility room. Enlarged side bootroom to create downstairs cloakroom (Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Development).
1 Alexandra Road, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4PW
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03724/FUL
Erection of single storey rear extension, loft conversion with dormer and front rooflights, solar panels.
46 Eastbourne Avenue, Larkhall, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 6EN
Received 28 Sept 2026 - No Objection26/03725/TCA
3x Field maple - reduce crown height by 3m. Beech - reduce crown height by 2.5m. Italianate Cypress - fell.
Honeysuckle Farm , Perrymead, Lyncombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AU
Received 28 Sept 2026 - No Objection26/03726/TCA
Plum - fell.
Highlands , Beechen Cliff Road, Bear Flat, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 4QS
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Condition Discharged26/03727/COND
Discharge of condition 2 of application 25/01133/FUL (Erection of single storey side extension and other associated works).
Potato Garden House , Valley View Road, Charlcombe, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 8DJ
Received 28 Sept 2026 - No Objection26/03728/TCA
Wisteria (T2) - Prune back overgrown growth to manage size and spread, removing dead and unwanted growth and reducing growth where necessary to maintain a manageable framework (reduce longest growth by approx 5m). Wisteria to be retained. Laburnum (T1) (approx 10m in height) - Fell to a low stump (approx 9.5m reduction) due to current size and position within the garden.
17 Clarence Street, Walcot, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 5NS
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03729/FUL
Erection of front porch extension
3 Pepys Close, Saltford, Bath And North East Somerset, BS31 3LS
Received 28 Sept 2026 - No Objection26/03730/TCA
Plum T1 - fell Apple T2 - remove lowest branches over lawn i.e to crown lift over lawn to reshape remainder of crown by up to 4m. Large Plum T3 - crown lift all overhanging canopy over lawn to reshape remainder by up to 4m. Plum T4 - fell. 2x Elder T5 and T6 - dismantle. Silver Birch T7 - shorten back/reshape 1x branch over pavement/road by up to 3 m.
1 Englishcombe Way, Bloomfield, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EU
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03731/FUL
Insulation to flat roof extension at the back and new front door.
18 Hungerford Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BU
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03732/FUL
Installation of new solar panels and air source heat pump.
19 Eleanor Close, Twerton, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1QL
Received 28 Sept 2026 - No Objection26/03735/TCA
Liquid Amber (T1) - 10 individual stems from ground level 5 of which are to be thinned out and the remaining height to be reduced by 3m and the canopy spread to be reduced by 2m as it is becoming too large for its setting that is on top of a boundary wall/ planting bed.
27 Englishcombe Lane, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 2EE
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03736/FUL
Demolition of existing outbuilding. Erection of outbuildings to form pool house. New rooflight to house. Installation of bifold door in original opening.
Dunedin Lodge , Weston Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2XT
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03737/FUL
Conversion of existing dwelling to 2no self contained one-bed flats (retrospective).
176 Haycombe Drive, Southdown, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 1PP
Received 25 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03738/VAR
Variation of condition 3 (Restricted hours of use) of application 18/05379/FUL (Variation of condition 16 attached to permission 99/00485/FUL for the Erection of new multi screen cinema, leisure club and restaurant facilities to install customer seating to front of premises between the hours of 8am and 8pm only.)
Unit 1 Wetherspoons King Of Wessex, Kingsmead Leisure Complex, 5 - 10 James Street West, City Centre, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 2BX
Received 28 Sept 2026 - TP5/TC5 Exempt from consent26/03739/TC5
Cultivar Apple (Malus domestica) T009 - fell. Plum (Prunus domestica) T011 - fell.
Springfield House, The Street, Compton Martin, Bristol, Bath And North East Somerset, BS40 6JA
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Pending Consideration26/03740/FUL
Erection of fence and home study pod (Retrospective).
11 Priory Close, Combe Down, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA2 5AL
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Lawful26/03741/CLPU
Change of use to 4 Bedroom Dwelling House (Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Use).
10 Cork Street, Lower Weston, Bath, Bath And North East Somerset, BA1 3BD
Received 28 Sept 2026
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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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