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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6,902 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westleigh 2 Willow Drive Bleadon BS24 0PB
Received 19 Dec 202210 Wolvershill Park Banwell North Somerset BS29 6DQ
Received 19 Dec 20228 Bull Lane Pill BS20 0EF
Received 20 Dec 2022163 - 165 High Street Worle Weston-super-Mare BS22 6JA
Received 20 Dec 2022Mast Located At Tinkers Lane Off Hyatts Wood Road Backwell
Received 16 Dec 2022Land To The Coastal Side Of Sage Close At Redcliffe Bay Portishead North Somerset
Received 20 Dec 2022Land Off Elmsley Lane Kewstoke
Received 20 Dec 2022The Perrings Land To East Of Youngwood Lane Nailsea
Received 20 Dec 20227 Elmvale Drive Hutton North Somerset BS24 9TG
Received 21 Dec 2022Lake Grounds Esplanade Road Portishead BS20 7HA
Received 20 Dec 202252 Martingale Way Portishead
Received 21 Dec 2022Sunnypatch West Hill Wraxall BS48 1PN
Received 21 Dec 2022Land North Of North Hill Farm East Dundry Lane Dundry
Received 21 Dec 2022Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington Bristol BS40 5GF
Received 21 Dec 20226 Hopkins Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1RS
Received 21 Dec 202223 Parsonage Road Long Ashton BS41 9LN
Received 21 Dec 202218 Mulberry Road Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5HD
Received 21 Dec 202217 Beechwood Road Portishead BS20 8ER
Received 22 Dec 20229 Norewood Grove Portishead BS20 8DL
Received 22 Dec 2022Rear Of 62 High Street Portishead BS20 6EH
Received 22 Dec 202284 New Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6AL
Received 22 Dec 202218 The Avenue Clevedon BS21 7EA
Received 22 Dec 202211 Beaconsfield Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1YE
Received 22 Dec 2022Unit 5 Gatcombe Farm Gatcombe Lane Flax Bourton BS48 3QT
Received 23 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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