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.
6,858 approved · 915 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Banwell Youth And Community Centre West Street Banwell North Somerset BS29 6DB
Received 27 Sept 2022Highwood House Winters Lane Redhill Wrington BS40 5SH
Received 27 Sept 2022Flat 16 Tamar Court Tamar Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS22 6BU
Received 27 Sept 202211 Woodhill Avenue Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EX
Received 27 Sept 2022Land At Parklands, South Of Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 27 Sept 20226 Ellenborough Park South Weston-super-Mare BS23 1XW
Received 27 Sept 202231 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QG
Received 5 Sept 2022Southernhay The Batch Backwell North Somerset BS48 3DL
Received 28 Sept 202228 Mead Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6RZ
Received 28 Sept 20222A Lodway Pill North Somerset BS20 0DH
Received 28 Sept 2022Ground Floor Unit 2, Kenn Business Park Windmill Road Kenn BS21 6FT
Received 28 Sept 2022Ground Floor Unit 2, Kenn Business Park Windmill Road Kenn BS21 6FT
Received 28 Sept 20229 Fallowfield Blagdon BS40 7TN
Received 28 Sept 2022Land At Wayacre Drove Accommodation Road Bleadon North Somerset
Received 28 Sept 2022Seymours Roofing Sunnyside Road North Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3PZ
Received 2 Sept 20221 Landemann Path Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QN
Received 5 Sept 2022Gatehouse Lake Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7JA
Received 28 Sept 20222 And 4 Marsh Road Yatton BS49 4EF
Received 28 Sept 2022Land At The Junction Of Bleadon Hill And Bridgwater Road Bridgwater Road Uphill North Somerset
Received 28 Sept 202219 Dennyview Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RD
Received 28 Sept 20223 Quantock Road Portishead BS20 6DR
Received 28 Sept 2022Badgers Wood Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SB
Received 29 Sept 2022Old Stone Yard Court Lane Clevedon North Somerset
Received 15 Sept 202233 Cambridge Road Clevedon BS21 7DN
Received 29 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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