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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.
6,894 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Charters Bridge Road Leigh Woods Bristol BS8 3PE
Received 3 Dec 202244 South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2HE
Received 3 Dec 202244 South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2HE
Received 3 Dec 2022155 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3ER
Received 3 Dec 2022Hillview Naish Lane Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3ST
Received 5 Dec 2022Butcombe New Woods Blagdon Lane Butcombe
Received 5 Dec 202225 Chantry Drive Weston-super-Mare BS22 7PP
Received 5 Dec 2022National Tyre Service Ltd Winterstoke Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3YS
Received 5 Dec 2022Russett Chapel Caswell Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7RX
Received 5 Dec 20229 Black Nore Point Nore Road Portishead BS20 8GB
Received 5 Dec 20221 Burlington Road Portishead BS20 7BG
Received 5 Dec 2022Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon North Somerset BS24 0AU
Received 5 Dec 2022Riverside Cottage Mill Leg Congresbury BS49 5JE
Received 5 Dec 2022Rope Walk Cottage 77 West Town Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3BH
Received 5 Dec 2022Rope Walk Cottage 77 West Town Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3BH
Received 5 Dec 202231 The Crescent Worlebury Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9SR
Received 5 Dec 2022Land North Of Lostwood Bypass Langford North Somerset
Received 5 Dec 2022Land Adjacent To 8A Orchard Close Banwell
Received 5 Dec 20221 Graham Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1YA
Received 5 Dec 2022Rusling House Rusling Lane Butcombe BS40 7XQ
Received 5 Dec 2022Blackmoor Langford North Somerset
Received 6 Dec 202224 Hampden Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6DS
Received 6 Dec 2022Headlands Station Road Blagdon BS40 7TB
Received 5 Dec 2022Land At The Cottage Myrtle Farm The Street Regil North Somerset BS40 8BB
Received 5 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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