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6,902 approved · 916 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 74 Fedden Village Nore Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8EJ
Received 16 Jan 20238 Lundy Gate Portishead BS20 7GS
Received 16 Jan 202345 Brookside Pill BS20 0LA
Received 16 Jan 202318 Union Street Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4BA
Received 16 Jan 2023Hillbrow Bannerleigh Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PF
Received 16 Jan 20231 Cross Lanes Pill BS20 0JQ
Received 16 Jan 202310 Underhill Drive Uphill North Somerset BS23 4TL
Received 28 Nov 20221A Jesmond Road Clevedon BS21 7SA
Received 16 Jan 2023Former Weston Airfield Winterstoke Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 13 Jan 20232 Eastcombe Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2TG
Received 28 Dec 2022Middle Bridges Bristol Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6QG
Received 16 Jan 2023The Grey House 38 High Street Yatton North Somerset BS49 4JA
Received 17 Jan 2023Near The Cottage Wells Road Dundry BS41 8NE
Received 13 Jan 2023Nailsea Wall Farm Nailsea Wall Lane Nailsea BS48 4DD
Received 16 Jan 2023Derham House High Street Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QA
Received 17 Jan 202321 Rectory Road Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0QB
Received 17 Jan 2023Land At Blagdon Sewage Treatment Works Garston Lane Blagdon North Somerset
Received 6 Jan 20238A Quantock Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4DT
Received 17 Jan 202365 Lyefield Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9NX
Received 19 Jan 20237 Lapwing Close Portishead North Somerset BS20 7NJ
Received 19 Jan 2023Land At Hildesheim Bridge (Adjacent To Roundabout At Drove Road) Weston-super-Mare
Received 19 Jan 2023Oldmixon Crescent Car Park Oldmixon Crescent Weston-super-Mare
Received 19 Jan 20233B Gallagher Retail Park Marchfields Way Weston-super-Mare BS23 3YY
Received 19 Jan 20233B Gallagher Retail Park Marchfields Way Weston-super-Mare BS23 3YY
Received 19 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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