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.
6,805 approved · 910 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Banwell Cross 25 Castle Hill Banwell North Somerset BS29 6NX
Received 8 Jul 2022Westholm Lake Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7JA
Received 8 Jul 2022174 Old Church Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7TU
Received 8 Jul 2022121 Stowey Road Yatton North Somerset BS49 4EB
Received 7 Jul 2022Mead Fields, Parklands Phase 3A Land South Of Churchland Way Wolvershill Road Banwell North Somerset
Received 8 Jul 2022Mead Fields, Parklands Phase 3B Land South Of Churchland Way Wolvershill Road Banwell North Somerset
Received 8 Jul 20222 Oak Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1HJ
Received 11 Jul 2022Church Road Methodist Church 55A Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2HY
Received 11 Jul 2022Nore Leigh Bridgwater Road Uphill BS23 4TY
Received 12 Jul 20221 Lipgate Place Clevedon Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6QN
Received 11 Jul 2022Kings Field Land Off Moor Road Banwell North Somerset
Received 11 Jul 202265 Hestercombe Close Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 7JH
Received 11 Jul 2022Land North Of Caswell Lane East Of M5 Underpass Portbury
Received 11 Jul 2022Back Barn And Front Barn Village Farm 126 Main Road Cleeve
Received 6 Jul 202224 St Johns Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3JN
Received 11 Jul 2022Southfield Farm Lower Strode Road Clevedon BS21 6UU
Received 8 Jul 20221 Mendip Edge Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS24 9JF
Received 11 Jul 20224 Blackmoor Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RQ
Received 11 Jul 20223 St Andrews Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3NR
Received 11 Jul 202276 Dial Hill Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7EW
Received 11 Jul 2022Broadoak Academy Windwhistle Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4NP
Received 11 Jul 2022102 Broadoak Road Langford North Somerset BS40 5HB
Received 12 Jul 2022Birdcombe Court Barn Tower House Lane Wraxall North Somerset BS48 1JR
Received 12 Jul 202223 Brook Close Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9NG
Received 12 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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