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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.
6,886 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodlands Farm Mearcombe Lane Bleadon BS24 0NZ
Received 15 Nov 20221 Broadoaks North Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PN
Received 15 Nov 202250 Engine Lane Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4RL
Received 15 Nov 2022Gatehouse Lake Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7JA
Received 15 Nov 2022Cadbury Court Barn 22 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RA
Received 15 Nov 202220 Rickford Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4QB
Received 15 Nov 2022Penn House Bannerleigh Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PF
Received 16 Nov 202221 Turnbury Avenue Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2UU
Received 16 Nov 2022Pavement Outside Cheriton/Charlton Abbots North Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PL
Received 15 Nov 2022Sapphire Lodge Christ Church Close Nailsea North Somerset
Received 16 Nov 2022Flat 2 80 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RS
Received 31 Oct 2022Saxon Place Saxon Street Langford Burrington BS40 5BP
Received 16 Nov 202239 The Downs Portishead BS20 6EE
Received 16 Nov 202233 Worlebury Park Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9SA
Received 16 Nov 2022Low Barn Land Adjoining Clevedon Golf Club Castle Road Clevedon BS21 7AA
Received 16 Nov 2022Land Between 92 And 98 Clevedon Road Tickenham
Received 16 Nov 202211 Denny View Portishead BS20 8BS
Received 16 Nov 2022Jubbs Court Farm Failand Lane North Somerset BS8 3SS
Received 17 Nov 20227 Burden Park Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7GB
Received 17 Nov 2022The Covey Tower House Lane Wraxall BS48 1JR
Received 17 Nov 2022Racecourse Farm Portbury Lane Wraxall BS20 7SN
Received 17 Nov 2022Airport Roundabout Garage Locking Moor Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS24 8FN
Received 17 Nov 20229 Gardens Road Clevedon BS21 7QQ
Received 18 Nov 2022Birchwood Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SA
Received 18 Nov 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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