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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6,902 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 St Austell Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8LJ
Received 9 Jan 20232 Nomis Park Congresbury BS49 5HB
Received 9 Jan 2023Webbsbrook Cottage Silver Street Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QL
Received 8 Jan 2023Ivy Lodge Front Street Churchill North Somerset BS25 5NB
Received 9 Jan 20233 Folleigh Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9HZ
Received 9 Jan 2023Mast Located At Tinkers Lane Off Hyatts Wood Road Backwell
Received 9 Jan 20239 Regent Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1SE
Received 9 Jan 2023Backwell Radio Station Long Lane Backwell Hill Backwell BS48 3DA
Received 9 Jan 202321 Barberry Farm Road Yatton North Somerset BS49 4QY
Received 9 Jan 20236 - 8 Colliers Walk (Former HSBC Bank) Nailsea BS48 1RH
Received 9 Jan 2023Formal House Oldmixon Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS24 9AY
Received 9 Jan 20232 North Lane Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1QR
Received 10 Jan 202329 Wrington Lane Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5BQ
Received 10 Jan 20235 Highland Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 9SW
Received 10 Jan 202336 Oterhampton Gardens West Wick Weston-super-Mare BS24 7PD
Received 10 Jan 2023Bridgwater Farm Bridgwater Road Dundry BS41 8JW
Received 10 Jan 202372 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9LE
Received 10 Jan 20238 Blue Water Drive Elborough Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 8PF
Received 11 Jan 202335 Beechwood Road Portishead BS20 8ER
Received 11 Jan 2023Land West Of Ladymead Lane Ladymead Lane Langford North Somerset
Received 9 Jan 202369 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4BG
Received 11 Jan 202356 Brendon Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6DQ
Received 11 Jan 2023Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon North Somerset BS24 0AU
Received 11 Jan 20231 Pyne Point Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7RL
Received 11 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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