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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.
6,902 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 North Lane Nailsea BS48 4BT
Received 15 Dec 202280A Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 15 Dec 202233 Beach Road West Portishead BS20 7HX
Received 15 Dec 20224 Edward Road South Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7HY
Received 16 Dec 202244 Halswell Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6LE
Received 16 Dec 20223 Mendip Road Locking North Somerset BS24 7AE
Received 15 Dec 2022Land East Of 48 Venus Street Congresbury BS49 5EZ
Received 16 Dec 2022Elmfield Whitecross Lane Banwell BS29 6DP
Received 16 Dec 20222 Albert Quadrant Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QY
Received 14 Nov 202242 Flax Bourton Road Failand North Somerset BS8 3UN
Received 16 Dec 202241 High Street Banwell North Somerset BS29 6AF
Received 14 Nov 2022High View Burwalls Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PT
Received 14 Nov 2022Orchard Lodge Manor Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RS
Received 16 Dec 2022Land At The Drove Gordano Road Portbury BS20 7XH
Received 16 Dec 2022Dawn Lodge 3 Yanleigh Estate Yanley Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LP
Received 16 Dec 202210 Miners Close Long Ashton BS41 9DE
Received 19 Dec 2022Low Barn Castle Farm Castle Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7AA
Received 19 Dec 20224 The Avenue Yatton Bristol BS49 4DA
Received 16 Dec 2022Inspection House Station Road Blagdon BS40 7UL
Received 19 Dec 2022Winnow Barn Jasmine Lane Claverham BS49 4PY
Received 19 Dec 202237 Kings Road Clevedon BS21 7EN
Received 19 Dec 202236 Canterbury Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 7TT
Received 19 Dec 2022Thatchers Cider Company Ltd Myrtle Farm Station Road Sandford BS25 5RA
Received 19 Dec 2022Land Within Bristol City And Surrounding Area
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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