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6,890 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
First Floor Units 9A, 10 And 11 The Precinct High Street Portishead BS20 6AH
Received 29 Nov 202226 Wellington Terrace Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PT
Received 29 Nov 202215 Addicott Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3PY
Received 30 Nov 2022Gould Autoplates And Signs Ltd Blackfriars Road Nailsea BS48 4DJ
Received 29 Nov 2022Barn At Hounsley View Pool Lane Winford
Received 29 Nov 2022Greenacres Kenn Road Clevedon BS21 6TT
Received 30 Nov 202211 East Street Banwell North Somerset BS29 6BN
Received 30 Nov 202214 Parsonage Road Long Ashton BS41 9LL
Received 30 Nov 2022189 Main Road Cleeve North Somerset BS49 4PP
Received 30 Nov 2022189 Main Road Cleeve North Somerset BS49 4PP
Received 30 Nov 2022Apartment 1A 27 Harbour Road Portishead Bristol BS20 7SG
Received 1 Dec 2022Star Inn Rhodyate Hill Bristol BS49 5AJ
Received 1 Dec 2022254 Down Road Portishead BS20 8HY
Received 1 Dec 202226B Belmont Drive Failand North Somerset BS8 3UU
Received 1 Dec 202231 Weston Road Failand North Somerset BS8 3UR
Received 1 Dec 2022The Highbury Atlantic Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2DL
Received 1 Dec 202240 Dial Hill Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7HN
Received 1 Dec 2022Causeway House Causeway Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2AY
Received 2 Dec 20221 Thornbury Road Uphill BS23 4YB
Received 2 Dec 20225 Hawthorn Close Portishead BS20 8HQ
Received 2 Dec 2022Land At Wyndham Way Portishead North Somerset
Received 2 Dec 2022Land To The West Of 10 Dial Lane Felton Winford BS40 9YD
Received 2 Dec 202242 Severn Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 4DQ
Received 2 Dec 2022Wild Country Farm Wild Country Lane Barrow Gurney BS48 3SE
Received 2 Dec 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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