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.
6,832 approved · 915 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Beach Road Kewstoke North Somerset BS22 9UU
Received 31 Aug 2022The Old Town Quarry South Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2LS
Received 31 Aug 2022Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon BS24 0AU
Received 31 Aug 2022Land Adjacent To Jubilee Lane Langford
Received 31 Aug 202224 West Town Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3HH
Received 1 Sept 2022Flat 2 12 Wellington Terrace Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PS
Received 1 Sept 202210 Felton Street Felton Winford BS40 9YL
Received 1 Sept 2022Rock Cottage Street End Lane Blagdon North Somerset BS40 7TW
Received 1 Sept 2022Nightingales North Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PL
Received 1 Sept 2022Tara Manor Lane Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RU
Received 1 Sept 202225 The Knoll Portishead North Somerset BS20 7NU
Received 1 Sept 202226 Church Road Worle Weston-super-Mare BS22 9DA
Received 1 Sept 2022132 Main Road Cleeve Wrington BS49 4PW
Received 2 Sept 20226 Dunsters Road Claverham Yatton BS49 4LU
Received 2 Sept 2022Clevedon Hall Victoria Road Clevedon BS21 7RQ
Received 31 Aug 2022Clevedon Hall Victoria Road Clevedon BS21 7RQ
Received 31 Aug 2022Dormer Cottage Yanley Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LR
Received 2 Sept 2022Land At Jubilee Lane Langford
Received 2 Sept 2022Birdcombe Court Farm Tower House Lane Wraxall North Somerset BS48 1JR
Received 1 Sept 2022Rookery Farm Puxton Lane Hewish Winscombe BS24 6TL
Received 2 Sept 2022Land At Oldmixon Crescent Car Park Oldmixon Crescent Weston-super-Mare
Received 2 Sept 20226 Leewood Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2PB
Received 2 Sept 202231 South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2HD
Received 3 Sept 2022Taggart House Walton Street Walton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS21 7AP
Received 4 Sept 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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