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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6,778 approved · 907 refused · 384 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Strode Road Clevedon BS21 6QA
Received 15 Jun 2022Unit 1 Rivermead Court Kenn Business Park Windmill Road Kenn North Somerset BS21 6FT
Received 16 Jun 202219 Lyndhurst Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JX
Received 17 Jun 202213 Victoria Park Weston-super-Mare BS23 2HZ
Received 17 Jun 202238 Garstons Close Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QT
Received 20 Jun 202210 Kellways Backwell North Somerset BS48 3BU
Received 20 Jun 2022Eden Business Park Macrae Road Pill North Somerset
Received 20 Jun 202238 Church Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1BH
Received 20 Jun 2022Wraxall C Of E Primary Bristol Road Wraxall North Somerset BS48 1LB
Received 20 Jun 2022Tennis Court Woodland Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4HF
Received 20 Jun 2022Chapel At Former UTAS Site Bishops Road Cleeve
Received 21 Jun 2022Rear Of Building At 5 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3BY
Received 21 Jun 2022Nestledown House 3B Shrubbery Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2JG
Received 22 Jun 2022Acres Holt Valley Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PZ
Received 22 Jun 2022Villa Rosetta 3 Shrubbery Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2JG
Received 22 Jun 2022Jellalabad And Vimy Ridge Ladye Bay Clevedon BS21 7BU
Received 22 Jun 2022103 Claverham Road Claverham North Somerset BS49 4LE
Received 22 Jun 202216 Manor Way Failand North Somerset BS8 3UY
Received 23 Jun 2022Max House Farm Max Mill Lane Winscombe BS25 1DS
Received 23 Jun 20228A Bucklands Batch Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4PQ
Received 23 Jun 202226 Dark Lane Backwell North Somerset BS48 3NS
Received 23 Jun 2022Land To The West Of The Brew House Dinghurst Road Churchill BS25 5PN
Received 23 Jun 2022Dinghurst Farm Dinghurst Road Churchill BS25 5PN
Received 23 Jun 2022Dinghurst Farm Dinghurst Road Churchill BS25 5PN
Received 23 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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