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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6,841 approved · 915 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
In Verge Opposite Coombe Garage And In Verge On Lane Off Downside Road Backwell
Received 8 Sept 2022The Coach House 35 Church Lane Backwell BS48 3PH
Received 16 Sept 202219 Bowden Way Failand North Somerset BS8 3XA
Received 16 Sept 202237 Clevedon Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6TF
Received 16 Sept 2022Bilbie House Bell Square Blagdon BS40 7UB
Received 16 Sept 20223 Yew Tree Gardens Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0LG
Received 16 Sept 202272 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3EN
Received 16 Sept 2022Flat 3 13 Wellington Terrace Clevedon BS21 7PS
Received 16 Sept 2022Flat 3 13 Wellington Terrace Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PS
Received 16 Sept 202235 Brockley Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS24 9LL
Received 16 Sept 2022Linden Grove The Batch Butcombe BS40 7UY
Received 20 Sept 2022Barrow Court Barrow Court Lane Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3RP
Received 17 Sept 202215 Denning Court Weston-super-Mare BS22 7QU
Received 20 Sept 202238 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QQ
Received 20 Sept 2022Network Rail Service Yard Station Road Yatton North Somerset BS49 4AJ
Received 18 Sept 2022Nore Farm 5 Riverleaze Portishead BS20 8EA
Received 20 Sept 202227 Ridgeway Road Long Ashton BS41 9EY
Received 20 Sept 20221 The Triangle Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6NB
Received 20 Sept 20222 Teal Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 8XD
Received 20 Sept 2022The Manor House Clevedon Road Walton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS21 7AN
Received 19 Sept 202265 Mendip Road Yatton BS49 4HP
Received 20 Sept 202227 - 31 Boulevard Weston-super-Mare BS23 1NX
Received 20 Sept 20224 Hollowmead Close Claverham North Somerset BS49 4LG
Received 20 Sept 2022West Park Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SD
Received 20 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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