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.
6,923 approved · 919 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Alfred Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1PU
Received 13 Feb 2023Three Hares Farm Winford Lane Dundry
Received 13 Feb 202321 Thackeray Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7JQ
Received 13 Feb 2023The Old Stable Main Road Flax Bourton North Somerset BS48 3QQ
Received 13 Feb 20232 Badgers Way Weston-super-Mare BS24 7BN
Received 14 Feb 20236 - 8 Colliers Walk (Former HSBC Bank) Nailsea BS48 1RH
Received 14 Feb 202313 Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EU
Received 14 Feb 202313 Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EU
Received 14 Feb 2023Barton Farm Barton Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1DX
Received 14 Feb 2023Collum Farm Collum Lane Kewstoke BS22 9YX
Received 14 Feb 2023Sandford House Station Road Sandford BS25 5RA
Received 14 Feb 2023Uplands West Hay Road Wrington North Somerset BS40 5NP
Received 15 Feb 2023Willowmead 27 Silver Street Congresbury BS49 5EY
Received 15 Feb 202332 High Street Portishead BS20 6EN
Received 14 Feb 202337 Hazelbury Road Nailsea BS48 2JP
Received 15 Feb 202322 Cranmore Brompton Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 9BU
Received 15 Feb 202315 Gillmore Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8JG
Received 15 Feb 20231 Woolmers Wrington Hill Wrington BS40 5PT
Received 15 Feb 202364 Uphill Way Uphill North Somerset BS23 4TN
Received 15 Feb 20233 Adastral Road Locking BS24 7AQ
Received 15 Feb 2023The Old Vicarage Front Street Churchill North Somerset BS25 5NG
Received 15 Feb 202318 Channel Heights Weston-super-Mare BS24 9LX
Received 16 Feb 20231 Bay Tree Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6JP
Received 16 Feb 20233 Beechwood Drive Portishead North Somerset BS20 8ES
Received 16 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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