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6,890 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6A The Avenue Backwell BS48 3NB
Received 25 Nov 202224 Clarence Road South Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4BN
Received 25 Nov 2022115A Church Road Worle Weston-Super-Mare BS22 9EL
Received 25 Nov 2022New Farm Clevedon Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7RJ
Received 25 Nov 202227 Crockerne Drive Pill North Somerset BS20 0LF
Received 25 Nov 202227 Crockerne Drive Pill North Somerset BS20 0LF
Received 25 Nov 202237 Victoria Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7SB
Received 25 Nov 2022Telford House North Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PP
Received 25 Nov 2022St Francis Catholic Primary Station Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4PD
Received 25 Nov 202228 Purn Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS24 9JQ
Received 28 Nov 2022The Bull Byre Banwell Road Christon North Somerset BS26 2XX
Received 28 Nov 20221 Vynes Farm Trendlewood Way Nailsea BS48 1SX
Received 28 Nov 2022New Dwelling At Red Rock Barn Tickenham Hill Tickenham Clevedon BS21 6SW
Received 28 Nov 2022Linden Gate Red Hill Redhill Wrington BS40 5RP
Received 28 Nov 20225 Little Halt Portishead North Somerset BS20 8JQ
Received 28 Nov 202247 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2PX
Received 28 Nov 202235 Bournville Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3RN
Received 29 Nov 202216 Sunnyside Road Clevedon BS21 7TE
Received 29 Nov 202239 Garstons Close Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QT
Received 29 Nov 20226 Charlton Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4HQ
Received 29 Nov 202278 New Bristol Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS22 6AL
Received 29 Nov 202263 Damson Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 8DQ
Received 28 Nov 2022Skyfield Walton Bay Walton-In-Gordano Clevedon BS21 7AZ
Received 29 Nov 202225 High Street Yatton BS49 4JD
Received 29 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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