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.
6,902 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of Ladymead Lane Ladymead Lane Langford North Somerset
Received 6 Dec 20227 Hillview Gardens Felton Winford BS40 9UH
Received 5 Dec 202237 Cliff Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9SE
Received 5 Dec 202231 Magdalen Way Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 7PG
Received 5 Dec 2022Land And Building At The Rickyard Flagstaff Road Christon BS26 2XY
Received 6 Dec 2022Watersmeat Max Mill Lane Winscombe BS25 1DS
Received 6 Dec 202218 Rodmoor Road Portishead BS20 7JE
Received 7 Dec 2022Chelvey Estate Chelvey Lane Backwell North Somerset BS48 4AF
Received 7 Dec 2022Land To South Haberfield Park Farm Off Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RE
Received 22 Nov 2022Land At Dabinett Drive Sandford North Somerset
Received 7 Dec 202272 Nore Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8DU
Received 7 Dec 2022Land Adjacent To Brookfield Walk Clevedon BS21 6YG
Received 7 Dec 2022Kenn Court House Kenn Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6TR
Received 8 Dec 2022Seaview Forelands Upper Kewstoke Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2ER
Received 8 Dec 202248 Greenhill Road Sandford North Somerset BS25 5PB
Received 8 Dec 20225 Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EU
Received 8 Dec 20224 Lodway Pill BS20 0DH
Received 8 Dec 202229B Leigh View Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7ED
Received 9 Dec 20222 Somerset Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6DP
Received 9 Dec 20228 Woodhill Road Portishead BS20 7ET
Received 9 Dec 2022Trinity Court Church Lane Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4NG
Received 9 Dec 2022Land Adj Super Mare, Weston Gateway Business Park Filers Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 9 Dec 2022The Beeches Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SD
Received 9 Dec 2022Graham House Graham Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1YA
Received 9 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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