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.
6,890 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 6 Gatcombe Farm Gatcombe Lane Flax Bourton
Received 22 Nov 20226 Belmont Drive Failand North Somerset BS8 3UT
Received 23 Nov 2022Woodland West Of Winters Lane Redhill Wrington
Received 23 Nov 2022Land To The Rear Of 57 Severn Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 23 Nov 2022Little Bannerleigh Bannerleigh Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PF
Received 23 Nov 2022Dibdens Farm Backwell Common Backwell North Somerset BS48 3AE
Received 23 Nov 202212 Keedwell Hill Long Ashton BS41 9DR
Received 23 Nov 202262 Old Street Clevedon BS21 6BS
Received 23 Nov 2022Land West Of Wolvershill Road Wolvershill Road Banwell
Received 23 Nov 2022Field To The South Of Laurel Place Farm New Road Churchill
Received 23 Nov 202248 Old Church Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6NN
Received 23 Nov 2022Gowan Croft Church Lane Lower Failand BS8 3SP
Received 23 Nov 2022Rear Of 63 Severn Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DR
Received 23 Nov 20222 Meadway Avenue Nailsea BS48 2DU
Received 24 Nov 202215 St Andrews Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3NR
Received 24 Nov 20223 Dial Lane Felton North Somerset BS40 9YD
Received 24 Nov 2022Gatcombe Mill Gatcombe Mill Lane Flax Bourton BS48 3QU
Received 24 Nov 2022126 Slade Road Portishead BS20 6BB
Received 24 Nov 2022Land At Farleigh Fields And 54 And 56 Farleigh Road Backwell North Somerset
Received 24 Nov 2022Lake House Vicarage Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PH
Received 24 Nov 2022190 Kenn Road Clevedon BS21 6LH
Received 24 Nov 2022Land Adjacent To Wrington Chemists Silver Street Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QE
Received 25 Nov 202252 Clevedon Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DF
Received 25 Nov 2022Field North Of 110 Kewstoke Road Kewstoke
Received 25 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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