Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,778 approved · 907 refused · 384 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
3 Littlefields Road Banwell North Somerset BS29 6BH
Received 10 May 2022Pippinwell Frog Lane Winford North Somerset BS40 8DJ
Received 10 May 202243 Church Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3QU
Received 10 May 202243 Church Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3QU
Received 10 May 2022163 Old Church Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7UB
Received 10 May 2022Old School House Plunder Street Cleeve North Somerset BS49 4PQ
Received 10 May 2022Old School House Plunder Street Cleeve North Somerset BS49 4PQ
Received 10 May 2022Old School House Plunder Street Cleeve North Somerset BS49 4PQ
Received 10 May 2022Old School House Plunder Street Cleeve North Somerset BS49 4PQ
Received 10 May 2022131 High Street Worle Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS22 6HQ
Received 11 May 2022Springfield Cottage Wharf Lane Portbury North Somerset BS20 7TD
Received 12 May 2022Land South Of Churchland Way And Wolvershill Road Mead Fields Banwell Weston-super-Mare
Received 12 May 2022Cypress Farm Caravan Site Cypress Farm Wick Road Wick St Lawrence BS22 7YR
Received 16 May 20228 St Johns Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3JN
Received 23 May 2022Gatcombe Farm Gatcombe Lane Flax Bourton BS48 3QT
Received 23 May 2022The Gables Bridge Road Leigh Woods Bristol BS8 3PB
Received 24 May 202229 Southlands Way Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5BW
Received 24 May 20226 Hollowmead Close Claverham North Somerset BS49 4LG
Received 25 May 2022Land To Rear Of 76 Walton Road Clevedon BS21 6AN
Received 26 May 2022The Lodge Hospital Road Barrow Gurney BS48 3SF
Received 26 May 2022252 Down Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8HY
Received 26 May 202216 Quantock Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4DT
Received 30 May 2022Redberries Winters Lane Redhill North Somerset BS40 5SH
Received 30 May 202211 Hill Park Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5BT
Received 30 May 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for North 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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