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6,858 approved · 915 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2A And 2B Bridge Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3PD
Received 10 Oct 202234 Perry Road Long Ashton BS41 9FE
Received 10 Oct 202218 Kingsmead Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2XH
Received 11 Oct 2022Chestnut Tree House Front Street Churchill BS25 5NG
Received 11 Oct 20221 Denny View Portishead BS20 8BS
Received 11 Oct 20227 Trendlewood Way Nailsea BS48 4TA
Received 11 Oct 2022Land South Of Churchland Way Wolvershill Road Banwell North Somerset
Received 11 Oct 2022Land At Parklands Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 11 Oct 2022Land Near Churchill Park Farm Off Ladymead Lane Langford Churchill
Received 11 Oct 202245 Down Road Portishead BS20 8RA
Received 12 Oct 20228 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1UG
Received 12 Oct 202229 Kelting Grove Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6YF
Received 12 Oct 2022Unit A1 Yanley Barn Yanley Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LR
Received 12 Oct 202232A Yeomead Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1JA
Received 12 Oct 20221 Coleridge Vale Road West Clevedon BS21 6PF
Received 13 Oct 2022121 Stowey Road Yatton BS49 4EB
Received 13 Oct 202215 - 18 Alexandra Parade Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1QT
Received 13 Oct 2022Max House Farm Max Mill Lane Winscombe BS25 1DS
Received 13 Oct 2022The Belmont Chapel Hill Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7LJ
Received 13 Oct 202223 Hill Drive Failand North Somerset BS8 3UX
Received 13 Oct 20228 Beckets Lane Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4LT
Received 14 Oct 202214 Old Banwell Road Locking BS24 8BS
Received 14 Oct 2022Land Adjacent To Pine Farm Wrington Hill Wrington
Received 13 Oct 2022Burnt House Farm Bristol Road Hewish North Somerset BS24 6SE
Received 14 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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