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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6,841 approved · 915 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Church Lodge Station Road Wrington North Somerset BS40 5LG
Received 1 Sept 2022Weston General Hospital Grange Road Uphill North Somerset BS23 4TQ
Received 14 Sept 2022The Vale Land Off Yanley Lane Long Ashton
Received 8 Sept 202257 Ashcombe Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3DU
Received 14 Sept 202265 Lyefield Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9NX
Received 14 Sept 202246 Beach Road Kewstoke Weston-super-Mare BS22 9UU
Received 12 Sept 2022Stables At Sylverah Cadbury Camp Lane West Tickenham North Somerset
Received 14 Sept 2022Rooftop Western Court Chapel Hill Clevedon BS21 7NL
Received 14 Sept 2022Land To The West Of The M5 And East Of Trenchard Road Locking Weston-Super-Mare
Received 14 Sept 20223 Church Lane Long Ashton BS41 9LU
Received 14 Sept 2022108 Spring Hill Weston-super-Mare BS22 9BD
Received 14 Sept 202213 - 14 Claremont Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ED
Received 15 Sept 2022197 Clevedon Road Tickenham North Somerset BS21 6RX
Received 15 Sept 2022Rear Of 9 Meadow Villas Burlington Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RN
Received 15 Sept 2022Broadlands Ridgeway Road Long Ashton BS41 9ET
Received 15 Sept 2022The Buildings Court Lane Clevedon North Somerset
Received 15 Sept 202211-12 Claremont Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ED
Received 15 Sept 20229 - 10 Claremont Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ED
Received 15 Sept 202273 Fennel Road Portishead BS20 7AR
Received 15 Sept 2022Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington North Somerset BS40 5GF
Received 15 Sept 202218 Sandford Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1JA
Received 14 Sept 20221 Brackenwood Road Clevedon BS21 7AB
Received 16 Sept 20223 The Glen Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9RN
Received 16 Sept 2022Land At Boulters Yard Summer Lane Banwell
Received 12 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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