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6,858 approved · 915 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement Outside 4 Sage Close Portishead BS20 8ET
Received 30 Sept 202216 The Glebe Wrington North Somerset BS40 5LX
Received 3 Oct 20225A Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EU
Received 3 Oct 20221 Craigfoot 55 South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2LU
Received 3 Oct 202250 Cannons Gate Clevedon BS21 5HL
Received 3 Oct 2022Mead Farm House Clevedon Road Portishead BS20 8PL
Received 3 Oct 2022Jayanne 3 Beechcroft Dundry North Somerset BS41 8LE
Received 3 Oct 2022Sloblock Hall Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SB
Received 4 Oct 2022Atcost Barn Glen Farm Sandy Lane Lower Failand North Somerset
Received 30 Sept 2022Brockley Nurseries Main Road Brockley North Somerset BS48 3AT
Received 30 Sept 2022274 Milton Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 8EN
Received 3 Oct 20223 Puffin Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 8TU
Received 3 Oct 2022Rendy Mead Chew Road Winford BS40 8EZ
Received 4 Oct 2022Land At The Moor Dairy (Log Cabin) Moor Road Banwell
Received 4 Oct 2022Hannah More House Church Street Blagdon BS40 7RY
Received 4 Oct 2022Hannah More House Church Street Blagdon BS40 7RY
Received 4 Oct 20221 Felton Street Felton North Somerset BS40 9YL
Received 5 Oct 2022Ground Floor Flat 28 Lower Church Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2AG
Received 5 Oct 202243 Charlton Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4HG
Received 6 Oct 2022Haranstanes Montpelier Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RQ
Received 6 Oct 2022Churchyard Church Road Yatton North Somerset BS49 4HH
Received 5 Oct 2022St Andrews Church Banwell North Somerset BS29 6BN
Received 5 Oct 2022105 Bristol Road Lower Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2TZ
Received 5 Oct 2022The Lawn Strawberry Hill Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6AF
Received 5 Oct 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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