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.
6,841 approved · 915 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Suspension Bridge Bridge Road Bristol BS8 3PA
Received 5 Sept 2022Suspension Bridge Bridge Road Bristol BS8 3PA
Received 5 Sept 2022Pavilion Silver Street Wrington North Somerset
Received 9 Sept 2022Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth
Received 9 Sept 2022New Bungalow Bristol Road Hewish BS24 6RQ
Received 9 Sept 2022156 Merlin Park Portishead North Somerset BS20 8RW
Received 22 May 20238 Causeway View Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2XG
Received 11 Sept 2022Quarry Farm Cottage Ellick Road Blagdon BS40 7TU
Received 12 Sept 202231 Clevedon Road Portishead BS20 6TF
Received 12 Sept 2022Street Record Kilkenny Place Portishead North Somerset
Received 12 Sept 202241 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9HW
Received 12 Sept 2022Quarry Mead Nortons Wood Lane Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7AE
Received 12 Sept 20222 Kewstoke Road Kewstoke BS22 9YD
Received 12 Sept 2022Flat 4 Paragon Court 4 Paragon Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2DA
Received 12 Sept 20229 Marine Parade Clevedon BS21 7QS
Received 12 Sept 2022Thatchers Cider Company Ltd Myrtle Farm Station Road Sandford BS25 5RA
Received 12 Sept 202214 Chard Road Clevedon BS21 6LW
Received 13 Sept 2022108 New Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6AY
Received 13 Sept 2022Coombe House Combe Road Portishead BS20 6BJ
Received 13 Sept 202231 The Crescent Worlebury Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9SR
Received 13 Sept 2022Gatcombe Farm West Hay Road Wrington BS40 5GF
Received 13 Sept 202219 - 21 Old Street Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6ND
Received 13 Sept 2022Proposed New Building 52 Martingale Way Portishead
Received 13 Sept 202245 Lampton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9AL
Received 13 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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