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.
6,810 approved · 910 refused · 388 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2HQ
Received 27 Jun 202210 Miners Close Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9DE
Received 26 Jul 202210-12 High Street Yatton BS49 4JA
Received 26 Jul 202273 Fennel Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7AR
Received 26 Jul 2022Land At Blagdon Water Garden Centre Bath Road Langford Churchill
Received 27 Jul 202252 Rayens Cross Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9DY
Received 27 Jul 2022Units 9-10 Hither Green Trading Estate Hither Green Clevedon BS21 6XU
Received 27 Jul 20224 Westfield Road Uphill North Somerset BS23 4XG
Received 27 Jul 202220C Devonshire Drive Portishead North Somerset BS20 8EF
Received 27 Jul 20227 The Grange Flax Bourton North Somerset BS48 3QH
Received 27 Jul 202245 Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EY
Received 28 Jul 202245 Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EY
Received 28 Jul 2022Land At Nailsea Wall Farm Nailsea Wall Lane Nailsea BS48 4DD
Received 28 Jul 2022Land West Of Wolvershill Road Wolvershill Road Banwell North Somerset
Received 28 Jul 20227 Locksbrook Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 7FH
Received 29 Jul 2022Garden Flat 25 Victoria Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7RU
Received 29 Jul 2022The Knoll Chapel Hill Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7LL
Received 29 Jul 2022Westleaze Says Lane Langford Churchill BS40 5EA
Received 29 Jul 20222A Ash Hayes Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2LW
Received 29 Jul 20224 Pyne Point Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7RL
Received 29 Jul 202216 Godwin Drive Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2XF
Received 29 Jul 2022Littlecote Burwalls Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PT
Received 29 Jul 202225 Pauls Causeway Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5DQ
Received 29 Jul 202216 Tydings Close Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9FJ
Received 29 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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