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6,820 approved · 911 refused · 389 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Old Vicarage Close Pill North Somerset BS20 0BF
Received 10 Aug 2022Grove Cottage Street End Lane Blagdon BS40 7TW
Received 10 Aug 2022Cherry Trees Green Lane Failand North Somerset BS8 3TW
Received 10 Aug 20228 Moorlands Close Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2DR
Received 10 Aug 2022The Hyall Lye Hole Lane Redhill North Somerset BS40 5RN
Received 10 Aug 2022Cannaways Barns Silver Moor Lane Banwell BS29 6LQ
Received 10 Aug 2022129 High Street Yatton BS49 4DH
Received 11 Aug 2022Bridgefoot Farm Kingston Bridge Clevedon Yatton BS21 6TX
Received 11 Aug 20225 Little Halt Portishead North Somerset BS20 8JQ
Received 11 Aug 202255 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RB
Received 11 Aug 2022Devil's Bridge Bleadon Hill Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset
Received 11 Aug 202298 Station Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1TG
Received 11 Aug 20222 Durbin Park Road Clevedon BS21 7EU
Received 11 Aug 20222 Heron Gardens Portishead North Somerset BS20 7DH
Received 11 Aug 2022Land Off Wrington Lane Congresbury
Received 10 Aug 202260 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare BS23 2PT
Received 11 Aug 202211A Edinburgh Place Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QL
Received 11 Aug 20224 Broad Oak Cottages Wells Road Dundry BS41 8NE
Received 11 Aug 2022Devil's Bridge Bleadon Hill Weston-super-Mare
Received 11 Aug 2022Innisfree Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SD
Received 12 Aug 2022The Grange Smallway Congresbury BS49 5AA
Received 12 Aug 2022Land To North West Of Thatchers Cider Factory Station Road Sandford North Somerset
Received 9 Aug 2022Land To Rear Of Rayners The Paddock Banwell
Received 12 Aug 2022Monaghan Mushrooms Farm Stock Lane Langford
Received 12 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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