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.
6,910 approved · 918 refused · 393 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 1 Feb 2023Redstones Langford Road Langford BS40 5HU
Received 1 Feb 2023Land To The Rear Of 1 - 1A Farm Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 8BA
Received 1 Feb 202332 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DX
Received 1 Feb 2023Land At Rectory Farm Chescombe Road Yatton North Somerset
Received 1 Feb 2023Stables Off Littlewood Lane Cleeve
Received 1 Feb 2023Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 1 Feb 20231 Aller Parade Weston-super-Mare BS24 9DD
Received 2 Feb 2023258 Down Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8HY
Received 2 Feb 202317 Edgehill Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7BZ
Received 2 Feb 2023109 Oldmixon Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 9QA
Received 2 Feb 2023St Andrews Church Church Lane Backwell North Somerset BS48 3JJ
Received 2 Feb 2023Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington BS40 5GF
Received 2 Feb 202323 Brookside Pill North Somerset BS20 0JX
Received 2 Feb 20232 Highdale Road Clevedon BS21 7LW
Received 27 Jan 20233 Hillmead Langford North Somerset BS40 5HA
Received 3 Feb 2023115 Station Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1TB
Received 3 Feb 2023Coombe Cottages Barton Road Winscombe BS25 1BL
Received 3 Feb 202310 Raleigh Rise Portishead BS20 6LA
Received 3 Feb 202346 Bluebell Road Wick St Lawrence BS22 9QJ
Received 6 Feb 2023Flat 8 Western Mansions 24A South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2HQ
Received 4 Feb 202317 Helston Road Nailsea BS48 2UA
Received 6 Feb 2023Edingworth Mansions 2 Atlantic Road South Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset
Received 6 Feb 20238 Clarence Road North Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4AN
Received 6 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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