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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.
6,814 approved · 910 refused · 388 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sparsholt Tower House Lane Wraxall BS48 1JT
Received 29 Jul 2022Land To The West Of M5 And East Of Trenchard Road Locking North Somerset
Received 29 Jul 2022Robin Hill Main Road Brockley North Somerset BS48 3BB
Received 1 Aug 202252 Ridgeway Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2EF
Received 1 Aug 2022Administration Building Bristol International Airport North Side Road Felton North Somerset BS48 3DY
Received 1 Aug 20225 Charlton Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4HB
Received 1 Aug 20221 Tichborne Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2NS
Received 1 Aug 20226 Shrubbery Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2JA
Received 1 Aug 202225 Elmsleigh Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4JW
Received 1 Aug 2022Webbsbrook Silver Street Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QL
Received 1 Aug 2022Nat West 89 - 91 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HJ
Received 1 Aug 2022Pavement Outside The Old Church Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9JE
Received 29 Jul 2022Land To The Rear Of 44-46 Upper Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 27 Jul 2022Pavement Outside 2 Stanley Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 27 Jul 20221 Heron Gardens Portishead North Somerset BS20 7DH
Received 2 Aug 2022130 High Street Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1AH
Received 2 Aug 2022Wembury 3 Station Road Yatton North Somerset BS49 4AJ
Received 2 Aug 2022Dunster Court Woodborough Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1AG
Received 28 Jul 2022Flat 3 29 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QG
Received 2 Aug 202213 Edgecombe Avenue Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9AY
Received 28 Jul 2022Greensleeves Bridge Road Leigh Woods Bristol BS8 3PE
Received 29 Jul 202214 Fircliff Park Portishead North Somerset BS20 7HQ
Received 2 Aug 2022Outbuilding To The Rear Of 2-4, Upper Kewstoke Road, Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 2 Aug 202229 Kelting Grove Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6YF
Received 2 Aug 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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