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6,923 approved · 919 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
South Hill Farm Bridgwater Road Bleadon BS24 0BD
Received 27 Feb 2023Land South Of Atlantic Road South Weston-super-Mare
Received 28 Feb 2023Emberholme 28 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QQ
Received 28 Feb 2023Land At Burnt House Farm North End Road Yatton
Received 28 Feb 2023Land Between 16-18 Winchcombe Close Nailsea BS48 4TF
Received 28 Feb 202312 High Street Banwell North Somerset BS29 6AE
Received 1 Mar 202335A Malvern Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4DE
Received 1 Mar 2023Monaghan Mushrooms Farm Stock Lane Langford
Received 28 Feb 202372 Walton Road Clevedon BS21 6AN
Received 27 Feb 2023Corner House East Street Banwell North Somerset BS29 6PD
Received 1 Mar 202317 South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2HA
Received 1 Mar 202317 Brook Close Long Ashton BS41 9NG
Received 1 Mar 202315 Oldville Avenue Clevedon BS21 6HF
Received 1 Mar 2023Land At The Laurels Lodge Lane Wraxall BS48 1BJ
Received 2 Mar 202310 Capenor Close Portishead BS20 6RH
Received 2 Mar 2023Beech Barn Portbury Common Portishead BS20 7TA
Received 2 Mar 202310 Yeoward Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 5AU
Received 1 Mar 2023Beach Court Beach Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1BD
Received 28 Feb 2023Severn Wood Within Banwell Woods Towerhead Road Banwell North Somerset
Received 2 Mar 202345 Lampton Road Long Ashton BS41 9AL
Received 2 Mar 202314 Southridge Heights Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 9JH
Received 28 Feb 2023Bridge House High Street Congresbury BS49 5JA
Received 2 Mar 2023Hm Coroner Public Mortuary Court House Old Weston Road Flax Bourton BS48 1UL
Received 2 Mar 2023The Annexe Alveare Bridgwater Road Dundry BS41 8JP
Received 2 Mar 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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