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6,913 approved · 918 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Yanley Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LR
Received 8 Feb 20234 Amberlands Close Backwell BS48 3LW
Received 8 Feb 202318 Treefield Road Clevedon BS21 6JB
Received 8 Feb 2023Argos Queensway Weston-super-Mare BS22 6BL
Received 8 Feb 2023Flat 2 12 Wellington Terrace Clevedon BS21 7PS
Received 8 Feb 2023Branches Cross Ropers Lane Wrington North Somerset BS40 5NF
Received 8 Feb 202335 Bristol Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6QB
Received 9 Feb 202343A Old Street Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6DA
Received 9 Feb 20237 Bowden Way Failand North Somerset BS8 3XA
Received 9 Feb 202322 Brookside Pill BS20 0JX
Received 9 Feb 2023The Old Ox Barn New Cut Bow Kingston Seymour North Somerset BS21 6UN
Received 9 Feb 2023Land North Of Bridgwater Farm Bridgwater Road Dundry
Received 9 Feb 202328 Sidcot Lane Winscombe BS25 1LP
Received 9 Feb 20232 Manor Cottages Clevedon Road Walton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS21 7AN
Received 9 Feb 20232 Manor Cottages Clevedon Road Walton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS21 7AN
Received 9 Feb 20233 Combe Road Portishead
Received 10 Feb 20236 Collingwood Close Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9PQ
Received 13 Feb 2023Firtree Sandy Lane Lower Failand BS8 3SQ
Received 13 Feb 2023Burrington Wood Banwell Woods Towerhead Road Banwell North Somerset
Received 12 Feb 2023Unit A, Estune Business Park Wild Country Lane Long Ashton
Received 10 Feb 2023Kerrys Foods Bradley Road Portbury BS20 7NZ
Received 13 Feb 20233 Ashgrove Avenue Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3QE
Received 13 Feb 20233 Barrows Close Churchill North Somerset BS25 5ND
Received 13 Feb 202316 Kenn Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6EL
Received 13 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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