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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.
6,809 approved · 910 refused · 388 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To East Of Court House Farm Marsh Lane Easton-in-Gordano
Received 20 Jul 2022The Cottages 16 Hospital Road Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3SF
Received 20 Jul 2022Congresbury Recreation Club Stonewell Drive Congresbury BS49 5DW
Received 20 Jul 20226A Cecil Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2NE
Received 20 Jul 2022The Coach House Chestnut Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9HR
Received 20 Jul 2022Land To Rear Of Kings Field Moor Road Banwell
Received 21 Jul 202242 Orchard Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2EA
Received 21 Jul 20222 St Mary's Road Leigh Woods Bristol BS8 3PY
Received 30 Jun 202220 Brookfield Walk Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6YA
Received 21 Jul 202276A Regent Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1SR
Received 21 Jul 2022Elming House 4 Brockley Hall Brockley Lane Brockley North Somerset BS48 4AL
Received 1 Jul 202266 Nailsea Park Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1BB
Received 21 Jul 202210A Parnell Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6DB
Received 21 Jul 202247 Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EY
Received 22 Jul 202247 Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EY
Received 22 Jul 2022Etex Building Performance Ltd Redland Avenue Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0FB
Received 22 Jul 2022Telecommunications Base Station Windmill Hill Hutton
Received 22 Jul 2022Weston Lodge Hill Lane Weston-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 8PY
Received 22 Jul 2022Weston Lodge Hill Lane Weston-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 8PY
Received 22 Jul 202224 Severn Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1DN
Received 22 Jul 2022Alexandra Court Gardens Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PZ
Received 22 Jul 20223 Well Close Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1HG
Received 22 Jul 202217A Edgehill Road Clevedon BS21 7BZ
Received 22 Jul 2022Middle Bridges Bristol Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6QG
Received 22 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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