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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.
6,805 approved · 910 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Off Lower Norton Lane Adjacent To Rose Tree Farm Kewstoke
Received 5 Jul 2022Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 5 Jul 202228 - 30 High Street Portishead North Somerset BS20 6EN
Received 5 Jul 202215 Brookland Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8LS
Received 5 Jul 2022Banwell Primary West Street Banwell BS29 6DB
Received 5 Jul 2022109 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9JE
Received 6 Jul 20221 Charterhouse Close Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4PU
Received 6 Jul 2022Bon Accord Lodge Lane Wraxall North Somerset BS48 2BB
Received 4 Jul 2022Hillgate Cottage Hill Road Dundry North Somerset BS41 8JD
Received 6 Jul 202218 Porlock Gardens Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2QX
Received 6 Jul 2022131 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3ER
Received 6 Jul 202224A Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LD
Received 6 Jul 20224 Wyndham Crescent Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0PG
Received 7 Jul 2022Castle Farm Castle Farm Lane Dundry North Somerset BS41 8LU
Received 7 Jul 2022Land West Of Locking Parklands (former Moss Land) Parklands Village Locking
Received 6 Jul 2022Flat 3 12 Wellington Terrace Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PS
Received 7 Jul 2022Rear Of 62 High Street Portishead North Somerset BS20 6EH
Received 7 Jul 202226C Belmont Drive Failand North Somerset BS8 3UU
Received 8 Jul 2022Oldlands Bannerleigh Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PF
Received 8 Jul 202223 Hill Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RY
Received 8 Jul 2022Zyl House Crown Hill Winford BS40 8AY
Received 8 Jul 20221 Cambridge Grove Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7BW
Received 8 Jul 20228 Dabinett Drive Sandford North Somerset BS25 5AE
Received 8 Jul 20224 St Georges Hill Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0PS
Received 8 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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