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.
6,830 approved · 912 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LD
Received 19 Aug 2022East End House Nowhere Lane Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2PT
Received 19 Aug 202264 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LE
Received 19 Aug 2022Foye House Bridge Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PE
Received 19 Aug 2022221 Clevedon Road Tickenham Gordano Valley BS21 6RX
Received 20 Aug 20221 Seaview Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8HJ
Received 20 Aug 2022Flat 2 Greystones Lodge Trinity Place Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2HN
Received 22 Aug 202218 Graitney Close Cleeve North Somerset BS49 4NJ
Received 22 Aug 2022Hillside Farm Oxleaze Lane Dundry BS41 8LA
Received 22 Aug 2022125 High Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1HN
Received 30 May 202221 Brean Down Avenue Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4JQ
Received 15 Aug 202269 Ridgeway Road Long Ashton BS41 9EZ
Received 22 Aug 2022Telecommunication Mast Havyatt Green Farm Copthorn Lane Wrington
Received 18 Aug 202216 Fitzroy Circus Portishead BS20 7GR
Received 22 Aug 20221 Orchard Road Hutton North Somerset BS24 9RX
Received 22 Aug 20223 Hector Close Locking North Somerset BS24 7GX
Received 22 Aug 202218 Perrett Way Pill North Somerset BS20 0HX
Received 22 Aug 202223 Walton Crescent Winford North Somerset BS40 8DD
Received 22 Aug 20221 Portland Drive Portishead North Somerset BS20 6YQ
Received 22 Aug 2022Unit 9 Gatcombe Farm Gatcombe Lane Flax Bourton BS48 3QT
Received 22 Aug 202271 Drakes Way Portishead BS20 6LD
Received 22 Aug 202223 Brook Close Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9NG
Received 23 Aug 20222 Manor Cottages Abbots Leigh Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3QG
Received 22 Aug 202269 Westbury Crescent Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4RF
Received 23 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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