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.
6,913 approved · 918 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Southside Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5BS
Received 1 Feb 2023Flat 1 Park Grove House Clarence Road North Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4AT
Received 6 Feb 20232 Thornbury Drive Uphill North Somerset BS23 4YF
Received 6 Feb 2023Nut Tree Farm Puxton Lane Hewish North Somerset BS24 6TL
Received 6 Feb 20237 Charlcombe Rise Portishead BS20 8NB
Received 6 Feb 202362 Becket Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 7UW
Received 6 Feb 2023Pump House Land Off Kingston Lane Kingston Lane Winford
Received 6 Feb 2023111 Upper Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 8DN
Received 6 Feb 2023Orchard Farm Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1NE
Received 6 Feb 2023Watercress Farm Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1NE
Received 6 Feb 202397 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3BH
Received 6 Feb 20236 Manor Close Easton-in-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0PH
Received 6 Feb 20233 Lilys Orchard Portishead North Somerset BS20 6DS
Received 7 Feb 20237 Lapwing Close Portishead BS20 7NJ
Received 7 Feb 20233 Shiplate Road Bleadon North Somerset BS24 0NG
Received 7 Feb 20235 Owen Drive Failand North Somerset BS8 3UE
Received 24 Jan 2023109 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RE
Received 7 Feb 2023Highway Verge At Lodge Lane Wraxall
Received 7 Feb 202335 Highdale Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7LR
Received 7 Feb 2023Building 10, Gatcombe Farm Gatcombe Lane Flax Bourton BS48 3QT
Received 7 Feb 2023Flat 7 6 Elton Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7RA
Received 8 Feb 2023Orchard Lodge Manor Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RS
Received 7 Feb 202362 Diamond Batch Weston-super-Mare BS24 7NB
Received 8 Feb 2023Perries Hillend Locking North Somerset BS24 8PG
Received 8 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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