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.
6,930 approved · 919 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Pine Hill Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9DW
Received 2 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To Broadstone Farm Broadstone Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XN
Received 2 Mar 202330 Dennyview Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RB
Received 2 Mar 2023Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington Bristol BS40 5GF
Received 2 Mar 202316 Tetbury Gardens Nailsea BS48 2TJ
Received 3 Mar 20234A Woodside Gardens Portishead North Somerset BS20 8EQ
Received 3 Mar 20233 Mendip View Pudding Pie Lane Langford BS40 5EL
Received 6 Mar 20232 Westfield Close Backwell BS48 3NQ
Received 4 Mar 2023Flat 1 10 Grove Park Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2LN
Received 4 Mar 202335 Ash Hayes Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2LP
Received 5 Mar 202319 The Crescent Worlebury Weston-super-Mare BS22 9SR
Received 5 Mar 20231 Butts Orchard Wrington BS40 5DR
Received 6 Mar 2023The Mill House 66 Caswell Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7RT
Received 6 Mar 2023Leigh Lodge 3 Church Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3QP
Received 6 Mar 2023Perries Hillend Locking BS24 8PG
Received 3 Mar 2023Land At Hillside Road Backwell
Received 6 Mar 20235 The Moorings Pill BS20 0EG
Received 6 Mar 2023Stables At Southview Farm 82 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RD
Received 6 Mar 2023Former BT Radio Research Laboratory Long Lane Backwell North Somerset
Received 7 Mar 20232 Edward Road West Clevedon BS21 7DY
Received 7 Mar 202333 Ash Hayes Drive Nailsea BS48 2LG
Received 7 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To Colliters Way Yanley Landfill Site Yanley Lane Long Ashton
Received 7 Mar 20237 Folkestone Court Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2BN
Received 6 Mar 202344 Brean Down Avenue Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4JQ
Received 6 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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