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6,923 approved · 919 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12B Uphill Road South Uphill North Somerset BS23 4SG
Received 2 Feb 202354 Coleridge Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3UL
Received 23 Feb 2023Land At Little Carpenters Farm Kenn Street Kenn
Received 23 Feb 20239 Kings Road Wrington North Somerset BS40 5LW
Received 23 Feb 2023Walnut Tree Cottage Downside Road Backwell BS48 3DH
Received 24 Feb 20231 Brendon Road Portishead BS20 6DJ
Received 24 Feb 202397 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3BH
Received 24 Feb 202397 West Town Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3BH
Received 24 Feb 202337 Farleigh Road Backwell BS48 3PB
Received 24 Feb 2023Land At Rydings Farm Off Silver Street Wrington
Received 24 Feb 2023Land At Moorside Farm Off Station Road Backwell BS48 1TH
Received 24 Feb 202316 Manor Valley Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2SY
Received 24 Feb 2023Mast Off Old Weston Road Congresbury North Somerset
Received 22 Feb 202317 Rodney Road Backwell BS48 3HR
Received 25 Feb 202314 The Avenue Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7ED
Received 26 Feb 2023Biddulph House Plunder Street Cleeve Bristol BS49 4PQ
Received 27 Feb 2023The Square Rickford Lane Burrington North Somerset BS40 7AB
Received 27 Feb 2023Pavement Adjacent To 34 Engine Lane Nailsea
Received 27 Feb 202393 Station Road Nailsea BS48 1TD
Received 27 Feb 202393 Station Road Nailsea BS48 1TD
Received 27 Feb 2023Castle View Walton Bay Walton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS21 7AZ
Received 27 Feb 2023Orchard Cottage 252 Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RA
Received 27 Feb 2023Land At Stable View Business Park Bristol Road Hewish Puxton
Received 27 Feb 20232 Woodside Gardens Portishead BS20 8EQ
Received 28 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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