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6,830 approved · 912 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clifton Suspension Bridge Bridge Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PA
Received 22 Aug 2022Clifton Suspension Bridge Bridge Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PA
Received 22 Aug 20229 Wellington Terrace Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PS
Received 23 Aug 202236 High Street Banwell BS29 6AF
Received 23 Aug 202232 - 34 Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2BX
Received 24 Aug 2022Oakleigh Bridge Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PB
Received 24 Aug 202265 Mendip Road Yatton BS49 4HP
Received 24 Aug 202217 Rectory Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QB
Received 24 Aug 202251 Sally Hill Portishead North Somerset BS20 7BH
Received 24 Aug 2022Proposed Locking Parklands GP Surgery Vacant Land Off Anson Road Locking Parklands Weston-super-Mare
Received 24 Aug 2022Land Farm Puxton Road Hewish North Somerset BS24 6UE
Received 24 Aug 2022Land Farm Puxton Road Hewish North Somerset BS24 6UE
Received 24 Aug 2022Land Farm Puxton Road Hewish North Somerset BS24 6UE
Received 24 Aug 2022Rear Of 4 Beaconsfield Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1YE
Received 24 Aug 2022Land To The East (Builders Yard) Of The Guide Hut Weston Road Long Ashton BS41 9BJ
Received 24 Aug 2022Crab Apple Cottage Broad Street Wrington North Somerset BS40 5LA
Received 25 Aug 202212 Milbury Gardens Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9BT
Received 24 Aug 202214 Cleeve Hill Road Cleeve BS49 4PG
Received 25 Aug 2022Battleaxes Inn Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1LQ
Received 25 Aug 2022Land To The South Of Locking Head Drove Locking North Somerset
Received 25 Aug 2022Land Off Trendlewood Way Nailsea North Somerset
Received 25 Aug 20222 Rose Tree Cottages Lower Norton Lane Kewstoke North Somerset BS22 9YR
Received 25 Aug 20222 Rose Tree Cottages Lower Norton Lane Kewstoke North Somerset BS22 9YR
Received 25 Aug 2022Bury Farm The Bury Locking BS24 8BZ
Received 25 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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