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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.
6,874 approved · 915 refused · 392 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
147 Coleridge Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3UN
Received 26 Oct 2022Gransden Cottage 48 Church Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1BH
Received 13 Sept 202269 South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2LT
Received 11 Oct 2022Land At Beachams Barn Iwood Farm Lane Congresbury
Received 26 Oct 202214 Burden Park Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7GB
Received 26 Oct 20221 Yeoward Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 5AT
Received 27 Oct 2022Royal Hotel Pier Road Portishead BS20 7HG
Received 20 Oct 20224 Hailstone Cottages Red Hill Redhill BS40 5TL
Received 27 Oct 2022Robins Wood Chelvey Batch Brockley North Somerset BS48 3AR
Received 28 Oct 2022Land To Rear Of 2 And 3 Rope Walk Backwell BS48 3LA
Received 28 Oct 2022Low Barn Land Adjoining Clevedon Golf Club Castle Road Clevedon BS21 7AA
Received 28 Oct 202223 Grove Park Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2LW
Received 24 Oct 2022Little Ridge Havyatt Road Wrington BS40 5QX
Received 28 Oct 2022St Valery Crookes Lane Kewstoke BS22 9XL
Received 28 Oct 2022370 Nore Road Portishead BS20 8EY
Received 31 Oct 202220 Gooch Way Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 7YH
Received 31 Oct 202214 The Cottages Station Road Wrington North Somerset BS40 5LH
Received 31 Oct 202248 Charlton Drive Wraxall BS48 1PD
Received 31 Oct 202216 Shrubbery Avenue Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2JS
Received 31 Oct 202265 Providence Lane Long Ashton BS41 9DL
Received 31 Oct 2022Low Barn Land Adjoining Clevedon Golf Club Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7AA
Received 28 Oct 2022Tropicana Marine Parade Weston-super-Mare BS23 1BE
Received 28 Oct 202234 Hill Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RY
Received 31 Oct 202228 Macrae Road Pill BS20 0EB
Received 31 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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