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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6,778 approved · 907 refused · 384 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Youngwood Lane And East Of Netherton Wood Lane Nailsea
Received 23 Jun 202221 Allington Gardens Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4RQ
Received 23 Jun 202225 Franklins Way Claverham North Somerset BS49 4ND
Received 24 Jun 202245 Sidcot Lane Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1LP
Received 24 Jun 2022Rear Of 4 Orchard Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RF
Received 24 Jun 2022Backwell House Farleigh Road Backwell BS48 3PL
Received 24 Jun 20221 Linkside Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7DD
Received 27 Jun 20229 Orchard Lea Pill North Somerset BS20 0JU
Received 27 Jun 2022Land Adjacent To Rose Cottage New Road Churchill BS25 5NW
Received 27 Jun 20224 Orchard Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RQ
Received 27 Jun 2022Hunters Hollow Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SD
Received 27 Jun 2022Deerwood Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SA
Received 28 Jun 2022The Oak House Cuckoo Lane Wraxall Bristol BS48 1PJ
Received 28 Jun 202217 Hill Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7NE
Received 30 Jun 202243 Marlborough Drive Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS22 6DQ
Received 30 Jun 202233A Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EY
Received 30 Jun 202233A Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EY
Received 30 Jun 20221 Buttercliffe Rise Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9JA
Received 30 Jun 202215 School Road Wrington BS40 5PE
Received 30 Jun 2022Unit 39 Southfield Road Trading Estate Southfield Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1JE
Received 30 Jun 202286 Wemberham Lane Yatton BS49 4BP
Received 30 Jun 2022Priory Gardens Harris Lane Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3QX
Received 1 Jul 202214 Mead Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6RY
Received 1 Jul 2022Rivonia House Marsh Lane Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0ND
Received 1 Jul 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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