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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 dates
105,449Searchable applications
998Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 81,606 approved or refused records
10,149Refused applications

71,457 approved · 10,149 refused · 6,437 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jun 1995 to 10 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation 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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  1. Application Permitted97/00813/FUL

    Conversion of ground floor to shop with basement storage, conversion of 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors to form 4 bedsits with shared facilities (re-submission)

    19 Walcot Buildings, Bath, BA1 6AD

    Received 16 Sept 1997
  2. Consent97/00814/LBA

    Internal and external alterations to include conversion of ground floor to shop, conversion of 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors to form 4 bedsits with shared facilities (re-submission)

    19 Walcot Buildings, Bath, BA1 6AD

    Received 16 Sept 1997
  3. Consent97/00815/LBA

    Internal and external alterations to include roof repairs, stone repairs and upgrading of top floor flat.

    32 St James's Square, Bath, BA1 2TT

    Received 10 Sept 1997
  4. Application Permitted97/00816/FUL

    Erection of 54 no. sheltered apartments for the elderly plus house managers apartment, communal facilities and associated parking and British Waterways facilities and stores buildings

    The Moorings, Sydney Wharf, Bath, BA2 4EF

    Received 2 Sept 1997
  5. Application Permitted97/00817/FUL

    Change of use from offices to residential (12no. flats) on first, second and third floors

    30-32 Westgate Street, Bath,

    Received 10 Sept 1997
  6. Application Refused97/00818/LBA

    External alterations to provide NCR 5685 Automatic Teller Machine with shop frontage

    Halifax PLC, 26 Stall Street, Bath, BA1 1QF

    Received 11 Sept 1997
  7. Application Permitted97/00819/FUL

    External alterations, including partial demolition and use in association with existing Antiques Centre

    Unnumbered Building, Lansdown Mews, Lansdown, Bath,

    Received 10 Sept 1997
  8. Application Permitted97/00820/FUL

    Construction of terracing, erection of loggia, grotto, shed and new timber access gates.

    10 Sydney Buildings, Bath, BA2 6BZ

    Received 16 Sept 1997
  9. Consent97/00821/LBA

    Erection of new timber access gates within existing piers, alterations to window at ground floor level.

    10 Sydney Buildings, Bath, BA2 6BZ

    Received 16 Sept 1997
  10. Consent97/00822/LBA

    External works to remove paint from front doors and windows, repair windows and restore leading to window heads, minor internal alterations.

    6 St Stephens Place, Bath, BA1 5PJ

    Received 18 Sept 1997
  11. Application Permitted97/00823/FUL

    Change of use from 3no. flats and 1no. maisonette to 5no. flats including reinstatement of access to all flats via front door by removing partitions and rear metal staircase

    1 Beaufort East , Bath, BA1 6QD

    Received 9 Sept 1997
  12. Consent97/00824/LBA

    Internal and external alterations to reinstate original access to flat through main front door, remove rear metal staircase and new kitchen and bathroom positions to all flats

    1 Beaufort East , Bath, BA1 6QD

    Received 9 Sept 1997
  13. Application Permitted97/00825/FUL

    Erection of 4 and 5 storey buildings for student accommodation with ground floor day nursery & ancillary college accommodation on land adjoining John Wood building, after demolition of existing gymnasium and college workshop.

    City Of Bath College, Avon Street, Bath, BA1 1UN

    Received 5 Sept 1997
  14. Consent97/00826/CA

    Demolition of existing gymnasium and college workshop at John Wood Building

    John Wood Building, Avon Street, Bath, BA1 1AG

    Received 5 Sept 1997
  15. Application Withdrawn97/00827/FUL

    Erection of a single storey extension to form house keepers office at Westwood

    University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB

    Received 18 Sept 1997
  16. Consent97/00828/AR

    Display of 3no. non-illuminated sign boards (revised proposal)

    The Moorings, Sydney Wharf, Bath, BA2 4EF

    Received 18 Sept 1997
  17. Application Permitted97/00829/FUL

    Part re-building of existing club house, and alteration and extension to changing rooms including temporary bar store (revised application)

    Lansdown Lawn Tennis And Racquet Club, Northfields , Bath, BA1 5TN

    Received 17 Sept 1997
  18. Application Permitted97/00830/REN

    Retention of garage no.3 (renewal of limited period permission) with the deletion of condition one of planning permission 5878-5 to enable the garage to remain permanently

    Garages At Rear Of, 21 Maple Grove, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3AF

    Received 18 Sept 1997
  19. Application Refused97/00831/FUL

    Erection of an open sided car port canopy to existing parking area

    Sydney Gardens Hotel, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NT

    Received 22 Sept 1997
  20. Consent97/00833/LBA

    Internal alterations to remove partition wall in kitchen and reinstatement of door to kitchen

    99 Sydney Place, Bath, BA2 6NE

    Received 19 Sept 1997
  21. Consent97/00834/LBA

    Internal alterations to relocate stairs and lobby and enlargement of ground floor opening within shop, new wc provision

    5 London Street, Bath, BA1 5BU

    Received 22 Sept 1997
  22. Application Refused97/00836/FUL

    Erection of an extension at the rear

    38 Greenacres, Weston, Bath, BA1 4NS

    Received 22 Sept 1997
  23. Application Refused97/00837/FUL

    Erection of temporary portakabins for housekeepers office at car park K

    University Of Bath, University Of Bath Campus, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7PB

    Received 19 Sept 1997
  24. Application Permitted97/00838/FUL

    Erection of a PVCu Conservatory on rear elevation

    3 Poplar Road, Bath, BA2 2AJ

    Received 23 Sept 1997

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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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