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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.
6,841 approved · 915 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Badgers Lodge Edsons Farm Downside Road Backwell BS48 3DQ
Received 5 Sept 2022Badgers Lodge Edsons Farm Downside Road Backwell BS48 3DQ
Received 5 Sept 20221 Orchard Close Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5JZ
Received 5 Sept 2022Southwold Blackmoor Langford North Somerset BS40 5HJ
Received 5 Sept 202253 Yeomeads Long Ashton BS41 9BQ
Received 5 Sept 2022The Cottage Church Road South Portishead BS20 6PU
Received 5 Sept 2022The Cottage Church Road South Portishead North Somerset BS20 6PU
Received 5 Sept 2022Bristol Channel
Received 2 Sept 2022Lawders Orchard Wrington North Somerset
Received 18 Aug 2022Bristol Channel
Received 2 Sept 20223 Hawthorn Close Portishead North Somerset BS20 8HQ
Received 6 Sept 202235 Brimbleworth Lane St Georges Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 7SD
Received 6 Sept 2022Arben Bloom Churchill Green Churchill BS25 5QL
Received 6 Sept 20224 Lime Tree Grove Pill North Somerset BS20 0HG
Received 5 Sept 2022Gatcombe Mill Gatcombe Mill Lane Flax Bourton North Somerset BS48 3QU
Received 6 Sept 2022Birchcroft Station Road Sandford BS25 5RA
Received 6 Sept 2022The Downs School Charlton Drive Wraxall BS48 1PF
Received 6 Sept 2022The Downs School Charlton Drive Wraxall BS48 1PF
Received 6 Sept 2022Pavemnet Outside 3 South Avenue Portishead BS20 7EP
Received 2 Sept 202252 Clevedon Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1DF
Received 7 Sept 2022Tennis Courts West Town Road Backwell
Received 7 Sept 2022Flat 1 41 Charlton Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4HG
Received 7 Sept 20228A Folleigh Drive Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9JD
Received 7 Sept 202232 Beach Road Kewstoke BS22 9UU
Received 7 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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