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6,902 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Holly Tree Cottage Barton Road Winscombe BS25 1DX
Received 3 Jan 2023Land Off Purn Way Bleadon BS24 0QF
Received 3 Jan 202332 Waterloo Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1LW
Received 3 Jan 2023Atcost Barn Glen Farm Sandy Lane Lower Failand North Somerset
Received 3 Jan 202330 Providence Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9DJ
Received 4 Jan 202316 Ellenborough Crescent Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1XL
Received 4 Jan 202353 Yeomeads Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9BQ
Received 5 Jan 202326 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QQ
Received 18 Nov 20221 Worthy Lane Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1LZ
Received 18 Nov 202217 Queens Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2LH
Received 24 Nov 2022Old Coach House Backwell Hill House Backwell Hill Backwell BS48 3DA
Received 5 Jan 2023First Floor Flat 91 Clifton Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1BP
Received 5 Jan 20231 Gnome Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 8FR
Received 5 Jan 2023Tickenham Village Hall 205 Clevedon Road Tickenham
Received 6 Jan 20232 Forge End Portbury North Somerset BS20 7TY
Received 6 Jan 202350 Cannons Gate Clevedon North Somerset BS21 5HL
Received 6 Jan 20232 White House Road Claverham BS49 4LJ
Received 6 Jan 2023Hillcroft Accommodation 13 Ashford Road Redhill North Somerset
Received 9 Jan 2023155 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9JQ
Received 7 Jan 202321 Rectory Road Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0QB
Received 9 Jan 2023South Farm Bungalow Puxton Lane Hewish BS24 6TH
Received 9 Jan 202338 West Town Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3HH
Received 9 Jan 202315 Meadway Avenue Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2DU
Received 9 Jan 2023Oakleaze Highridge Road Dundry BS41 8JU
Received 9 Jan 2023Records 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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