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.
6,820 approved · 911 refused · 389 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Watercress Farm Bristol Road Wraxall
Received 4 Aug 202215 Varsity Way Locking North Somerset BS24 7DH
Received 5 Aug 202217 Conygar Close Clevedon BS21 6AP
Received 5 Aug 202225 Cleeve Place Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2UF
Received 5 Aug 20221 Rudgleigh Avenue Pill BS20 0DU
Received 5 Aug 2022Unit 1& 2 Mobility House Brinsea Batch Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5JP
Received 8 Aug 202227A St Marys Road Portishead Bristol BS20 6QP
Received 8 Aug 2022108 Kewstoke Road Kewstoke BS22 9YL
Received 8 Aug 2022Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon North Somerset BS24 0AU
Received 8 Aug 2022Land South Of Puxton Park Cowslip Lane Hewish Puxton
Received 8 Aug 202271 Sandford Road Winscombe BS25 1JF
Received 8 Aug 202214 Fearnville Estate Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6PX
Received 8 Aug 2022Stonewood House Langford Road Langford North Somerset BS40 5HU
Received 8 Aug 2022Land To The South Of 6 The Garstons Portishead BS20 6QU
Received 8 Aug 2022Tropicana Marine Parade Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1BE
Received 8 Aug 2022Barn At Mead Farm Mead Lane Sandford BS25 5RG
Received 8 Aug 202253 Sally Hill Portishead North Somerset BS20 7BH
Received 9 Aug 202221 Woodborough Drive Winscombe BS25 1HA
Received 9 Aug 202211 Heathfield Road Nailsea BS48 1EB
Received 9 Aug 2022Black Rock Quarry Valley Road Weston-in-Gordano
Received 9 Aug 202221 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1EB
Received 9 Aug 2022Wayside Sheepway Portbury BS20 7TE
Received 10 Aug 2022156 High Street Portishead North Somerset BS20 6PY
Received 10 Aug 202255 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3DG
Received 10 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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