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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6,778 approved · 907 refused · 384 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenleaze Tower House Lane Wraxall North Somerset BS48 1JP
Received 30 May 2022Mendip Garage And Garndiffaith Street End Blagdon BS40 7TL
Received 31 May 2022Higher Farm Granary Portbury Lane Wraxall North Somerset BS20 7SN
Received 1 Jun 2022Stonehenge House Stonehenge Lane Tickenham North Somerset BS21 6SL
Received 1 Jun 2022Land At Southview Farm 82 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RD
Received 6 Jun 2022Sloblock Hall Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SB
Received 6 Jun 202239 Milton Hill Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9RE
Received 6 Jun 2022Salthouse Inn And Restaurant Salthouse Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7TY
Received 7 Jun 20222 Vale End Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2JS
Received 8 Jun 2022Park Batch Park Lane Blagdon North Somerset BS40 7SB
Received 8 Jun 2022Bottreaux Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SD
Received 8 Jun 2022Topview Martcombe Road Easton-in-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0QE
Received 8 Jun 2022Nat West Bank 9 - 11 The Triangle Clevedon BS21 6NE
Received 8 Jun 202262 And 64 Uphill Way Uphill Weston-super-Mare BS23 4TN
Received 8 Jun 202223 Hillcrest Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8HN
Received 9 Jun 20221B Somerset Square Nailsea BS48 1RP
Received 9 Jun 202266 Bridge Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3PE
Received 9 Jun 2022Curzon Cinema 46-48 Old Church Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6NN
Received 10 Jun 20225 Wrington Lane Congresbury BS49 5BQ
Received 13 Jun 2022School Farm Barrow Street Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3RU
Received 13 Jun 2022Land At Yanel Farm Churchill Green Churchill North Somerset
Received 13 Jun 2022First Floor 3 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3BY
Received 14 Jun 2022Homefield Industrial Estate Locking Moor Road Locking BS24 7BE
Received 14 Jun 2022Land At Bridge Farm New Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 14 Jun 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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