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6,923 approved · 919 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Severn Road Portishead BS20 6NG
Received 20 Feb 2023Hall The Poplars Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset
Received 20 Feb 202372 Nore Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8DU
Received 20 Feb 2023Waggonhayes Moor Lane (Off Court Lane) Clevedon BS21 6TD
Received 20 Feb 2023Homefield Wolvershill Road Banwell North Somerset BS29 6DR
Received 20 Feb 202321 The Grove Wraxall BS48 1LW
Received 20 Feb 2023Hillview Naish Lane Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3ST
Received 21 Feb 2023Stonebridge Wolvershill Road Banwell North Somerset BS29 6DR
Received 21 Feb 202372 Heron Gardens Portishead North Somerset BS20 7BN
Received 21 Feb 202313 Brean Down Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JH
Received 21 Feb 2023Topview Martcombe Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QE
Received 21 Feb 2023Land At Weston Rugby Ground Sunnyside Road North Weston-super-Mare BS23 3QD
Received 17 Feb 2023Land At Hither Green Industrial Estate Hither Green Clevedon
Received 20 Feb 20234 Chapel Hill Backwell North Somerset BS48 3PW
Received 21 Feb 2023Land Off Cadbury Camp Lane West Tickenham Cutting Clevedon
Received 20 Feb 2023Ground Floor Flat 9 Gardens Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7QQ
Received 21 Feb 2023Land At Frog Lane Farm Frog Lane Winford
Received 20 Feb 2023Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 21 Feb 2023Woodrising Hillside Road Bleadon BS24 0AA
Received 22 Feb 2023Topview Martcombe Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QE
Received 20 Feb 2023Shepton Copse Banwell Woods Towerhead Road Banwell North Somerset
Received 22 Feb 2023The Stables At Southview Farm 82 Clevedon Road Tickenham North Somerset
Received 22 Feb 2023Robins Wood Chelvey Batch Brockley North Somerset BS48 3AR
Received 23 Feb 2023Greenwood Cadbury Camp Lane West Tickenham North Somerset BS21 6SU
Received 23 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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