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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.
6,908 approved · 918 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stowell Concrete Ltd Arnolds Way Yatton BS49 4QN
Received 30 Jan 2023Flat 1 17 Montpelier Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RJ
Received 30 Jan 202343 Yeolands Drive Clevedon BS21 7YT
Received 30 Jan 2023Land To The Rear Of Homefield Barn Duck Lane Wick St Lawrence BS22 7RR
Received 30 Jan 202321 Capenor Close Portishead North Somerset BS20 6RH
Received 30 Jan 202310 Herbert Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7ND
Received 30 Jan 2023Weston-super-Mare Golf Club Uphill Road North Weston-super-Mare BS23 4NQ
Received 30 Jan 2023Abbey Towers East Street Banwell North Somerset BS29 6BW
Received 30 Jan 2023Abbey Towers East Street Banwell North Somerset BS29 6BW
Received 30 Jan 2023Weston Lodge Hill Lane Weston-in-Gordano BS20 8PY
Received 31 Jan 2023Badgers Wood Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SB
Received 31 Jan 20232 The Grange Flax Bourton North Somerset BS48 3QH
Received 31 Jan 202340 Lower Down Road Portishead BS20 6PE
Received 31 Jan 202319 Teignmouth Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6DL
Received 31 Jan 202341 North End Road Yatton North Somerset BS49 4AW
Received 31 Jan 202320 Priory Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0PR
Received 31 Jan 20234 Herbert Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7ND
Received 30 Jan 202314 Pudding Pie Close Langford BS40 5EN
Received 31 Jan 202321A St Marys Grove Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4NQ
Received 31 Jan 2023172 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3LU
Received 31 Jan 202325 Dundry Lane Dundry BS41 8JH
Received 31 Jan 20238 The Avenue Yatton BS49 4DA
Received 31 Jan 20233 The Moorings Pill BS20 0EG
Received 31 Jan 202310 Bramley Close Yatton North Somerset BS49 4JY
Received 1 Feb 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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