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6,858 approved · 915 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Oakham Treasures, Oakham Farm Portbury Lane Wraxall BS20 7SP
Received 29 Sept 202220 Sixty Acres Close Failand Long Ashton BS8 3UH
Received 29 Sept 2022Willows Church Walk Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QQ
Received 29 Sept 202223 Holland Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7YJ
Received 29 Sept 2022125 Farleigh Road Backwell BS48 3PG
Received 29 Sept 2022Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 29 Sept 2022Barnesfield Keeds Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9BY
Received 29 Sept 202213 - 14 Claremont Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ED
Received 30 Sept 20225 Ashdown Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8DP
Received 30 Sept 2022Land Off Trendlewood Way Nailsea North Somerset
Received 30 Sept 2022First Floor Part 21 Somerset Square Nailsea BS48 1RQ
Received 30 Sept 202213 Hillview Gardens Felton North Somerset BS40 9UH
Received 30 Sept 20229 Nichols Road Portishead BS20 8DT
Received 3 Oct 20223 Claremont Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ED
Received 3 Oct 20227 Priory Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0PA
Received 3 Oct 2022163 Badger Rise Portishead BS20 8NN
Received 3 Oct 2022Sweet Briar West End Lane Nailsea BS48 4BY
Received 3 Oct 2022The Old Stable Main Road Flax Bourton BS48 3QQ
Received 3 Oct 202250 - 52 Upper Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 8DP
Received 3 Oct 2022Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington BS48 3DY
Received 20 Sept 20223 Dial Lane Felton Winford BS40 9YD
Received 3 Oct 202217 Castle Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7BX
Received 3 Oct 202279 Parsonage Lane Winford BS40 8DN
Received 30 Sept 2022Pavement Outside 10-12 Halliwell Road Portishead BS20 8ET
Received 30 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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