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6,902 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31A Bryant Gardens Clevedon North Somerset BS21 5HE
Received 11 Jan 2023Land East Of 68 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RD
Received 11 Jan 2023Blessed Virgin Mary Banwell Road Christon North Somerset BS26 2XX
Received 16 Nov 2022Church Farm Walton Street Walton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS21 7AW
Received 11 Jan 2023121 Church Road Worle Weston-super-Mare BS22 9EL
Received 6 Dec 2022Land At Willowbrook Farm East Hewish Lane Hewish Puxton BS24 6RZ
Received 11 Jan 2023Land To Rear Of Banwell Garage 20 Knightcott Road Banwell
Received 11 Jan 2023The Nook Bridge Road Bleadon North Somerset BS24 0AU
Received 11 Jan 2023128 Church Road Worle Weston-Super-Mare BS22 9EP
Received 12 Jan 2023185 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RT
Received 11 Jan 202331 West Street Banwell North Somerset BS29 6DB
Received 6 Dec 2022Cemetery Chapel Bristol Road Lower Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2PJ
Received 12 Jan 202318 Clarence Road South Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4BN
Received 12 Jan 2023Ellenbourough Park Ellenborough Park North Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 12 Jan 202329 Uphill Road North Weston-super-Mare BS23 4NG
Received 12 Jan 202312 Barrow Court Barrow Court Lane Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3RP
Received 12 Jan 202312 Barrow Court Barrow Court Lane Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3RP
Received 12 Jan 20238 Farlers End Nailsea BS48 4PG
Received 12 Jan 202319 Fitzharding Road Pill BS20 0EH
Received 13 Jan 20231 Kenn Estate Kenn Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6TS
Received 13 Jan 2023Magpie Cottage Martcombe Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QG
Received 13 Jan 2023The Old Rectory Broad Street Wrington
Received 13 Jan 2023Etex Building Performance Ltd Redland Avenue Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0FB
Received 13 Jan 202320 Sunnymede Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2NG
Received 13 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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