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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 · 81,618 approved or refused records
10,149Refused applications
71,469 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,436 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Pending Consideration26/04155/TCA
Rowan (T1) - fell to ground level leaving the stump.
6 Greenway Lane, Lyncombe, Bath, BA2 4LJ
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04156/ADCOU
Prior approval request for change of use from Agricultural Building to 1no. Dwellinghouse (C3) and associated operational development.
Park Farm, Upper Bristol Road, Chelwood, Bristol, BS39 4NH
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04157/TPO
Horse Chestnut T1 - fell.
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Julian Road, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 2RG
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04158/TCA
Silver Birch T1 - fell. Maple and Portugese Laurel T2 - fell. Horse Chestnut T3 - reduce 1 x leaning limb to neighbours by 4m and crown lift to 5m.
Magna House, Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PX
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04159/CONDLB
Discharge of condition 5 (Pointing Mortar Removal - Method Statement and Sample (Bespoke Trigger)) of application 25/03649/LBA (Internal and external alteration and renovation to include new external windows and doors, rebuilding chimneys, removing the existing tanking system and applying new lime plaster.)
13 Clarence Street, Walcot, Bath, BA1 5NS
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04160/CONDLB
Discharge of condition 7 ( Kitchen floor - method statement (Bespoke Trigger))of application 25/03649/LBA (Internal and external alteration and renovation to include new external windows and doors, rebuilding chimneys, removing the existing tanking system and applying new lime plaster.)
13 Clarence Street, Walcot, Bath, BA1 5NS
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04161/TCA
Remove a total of 5 branches overhanging the neighbours garden.
Land At Rear Of 48, Wells Road, Lyncombe, Bath,
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04162/TCA
Lombardy Poplar T1 - reduction height by one third, 6m approximately. Balsam Poplar T2 - crown reduction by one third, 8m approximately, deadwood throughout crown/over hang to neighbouring property of Rookstone House
The Rookery, Battle Lane, Chew Magna, Bristol, BS40 8PS
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04163/LBA
The replacement of three internal doors with 30 minute fire doors
Third Floor, 23 Marlborough Buildings, City Centre, Bath, BA1 2LY
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04164/FUL
Erection of bungalow adjacent to No.4 Collingwood including construction of new single garage and pavement crossover for No.4 Collingwood following demolition of existing garages
4 Collingwood Close, Saltford, BS31 3HZ
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04165/CLEU
Erection of pergola attached to existing house. (Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use).
The Old Farm House, 1 Primrose Hill, Upper Weston, Bath, BA1 2UT
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04166/TCA
Lime - reduce/pollard from it's current approximate 15m height to approximately 8m in height, reduction to be between 30% and 40%.
Chelsea Cottage, North Road, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6HX
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04168/TCA
Ash Tree (Fraxinus excelsior) - reduce the overall canopy, reduce the height by approximately 2.50 metres, leaving a final overall height of approximately 10.0 metres, reduce the radial crown spread by approximately 3.0 metres, leaving a final radial spread of 6.0 m at all compass points.
Talbot Inn, Bath Road, Keynsham, BS31 1NP
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04169/TCA
Fig (Ficus acarica) T1 - fell to ground level.
9 Lambridge Place, Lambridge, Bath, BA1 6RU
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04170/TCA
Cotoneaster T1 - reduce the crown by approximately 1m and lightly lift the crown to approximately 1.8m. Amelanchier T2 - reduce the crown by up to 0.5m. Amelanchier T3 - lightly reduce the crown by up to 0.5m.
7 George Street, Bathwick, Bath, BA2 6BW
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04171/TCA
2no. Lime (3001 and 3002) - Prune back to boundary. Abatement of crown encroachment.
Widcombe Manor, Church Street, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6AZ
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04171/TPO
2no. Lime (3001 and 3002) - Prune back to boundary. Abatement of crown encroachment.
Widcombe Manor, Church Street, Widcombe, Bath, BA2 6AZ
Received 26 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04172/FUL
Proposed Single Storey Rear Extension
52 Combe Park, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 3NH
Received 27 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04173/CLEU
Use of Area A for commercial vehicle parking and storage, including the parking and storage of buses, minibuses and other commercial vehicles (Use Class B8) at Land to the Rear of 142B London West, Bath, BA1 7DD (Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use).
Agricultural Buildings Rear Of 142B, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath,
Received 27 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04174/CLEU
Use of Area B as B8 storage, scaffolding and food storage, horse transportation and ancillary parking area (Sui Generis composite use) at Land to the Rear of 142B London Road West, Bath, BA1 7DD (Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use).
Agricultural Buildings Rear Of 142B, London Road West, Lower Swainswick, Bath,
Received 27 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04175/CLEU
Works to replace existing asbestos fibre cement slates and fixings with Cedral Thrutone fibre cement slates to same size and colour, with vented eaves and ridge (Certificate of Lawful Existing Use)
Chatham Park, Cleveland Walk, Bathwick, Bath,
Received 27 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04176/CONSLT
Consultation request for North Somerset Council application 26/P/1995/FUL (Proposed erection of a general purpose agricultural building to be used for the housing of livestock and general agricultural storage- Land East Of Regilbury Court, Benches Lane,Winford)
Planning Applications Outside BANES, Planning, Bath,
Received 23 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04177/TCA
Magnolia - reduce the height by approximately 2 metres from front wall of house.
38 Gainsborough Gardens, Lower Weston, Bath, BA1 4AJ
Received 27 Oct 2026 - Pending Consideration26/04178/COND
Discharge of conditions 2 and 8 of application 26/02281/FUL (Erection of new build cookery school and associated landscaping. Inclulding external planting and forming opening within boundary wall following demolition of hut).
Kingswood School, Lansdown Road, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5RG
Received 27 Oct 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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