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6,902 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 13 Dec 202214 Heath Road Nailsea BS48 1AD
Received 13 Dec 20226 Hillcroft Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 9RY
Received 14 Dec 2022Lake View Stud Yewtree Batch Butcombe North Somerset BS40 7AY
Received 14 Dec 2022Oak House Pudding Pie Lane Langford North Somerset BS40 5EL
Received 14 Dec 2022Agricultural Building Adjacent To The Cow Shed Redding Pit Lane Winford BS40 8DL
Received 13 Dec 2022Greenacres Crown Hill Winford
Received 14 Dec 2022Pill Fire Station Westward Drive Pill BS20 0JS
Received 14 Dec 202247 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2PX
Received 14 Dec 2022Butterfly House 47 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2PX
Received 14 Dec 20228 The Croft Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6AT
Received 14 Dec 2022Airport Roundabout Garage Locking Moor Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 8FN
Received 14 Dec 20221 Prescot Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 9QN
Received 14 Dec 202222 Dunedin Way St Georges Weston-super-Mare BS22 7RN
Received 14 Dec 2022Land South Of Dinghurst Road Churchill
Received 14 Dec 2022Land To Rear Of Clevedon Walk And Somerset Square Roof At 7 Clevedon Walk Nailsea BS48 1RS
Received 14 Dec 2022Play Area At Castle Batch Parklands Avenue Weston-super-Mare
Received 14 Dec 202241 Severn Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6NG
Received 14 Dec 202264 Totterdown Lane Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS24 9NJ
Received 15 Dec 2022Mccorkindale New Road Churchill BS25 5NW
Received 15 Dec 202238 Oakleigh Close Backwell North Somerset BS48 3JU
Received 14 Dec 2022Above 7 Clevedon Walk Nailsea BS48 1RS
Received 14 Dec 2022The Nursery Stone-edge Batch Clevedon Road Tickenham
Received 14 Dec 202223 Southside Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5BS
Received 14 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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