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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6,930 approved · 919 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Clarence House Greystoke Business Centre High Street Portishead North Somerset BS20 6PY
Received 8 Mar 2023161 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9JQ
Received 8 Mar 202314 Folleigh Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9JB
Received 8 Mar 20232A Ridgeway Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9EU
Received 8 Mar 2023Little Orchard 9 Highbury Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DR
Received 8 Mar 2023Land Accessed From Wentwood Drive Weston-super-Mare BS24 9ND
Received 7 Mar 20239 - 11 The Triangle Clevedon BS21 6NE
Received 6 Mar 2023Lake View Stud Yewtree Batch Butcombe North Somerset BS40 7AY
Received 6 Mar 202318 St Peters Avenue Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2JU
Received 7 Mar 20232A Palmer Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RT
Received 8 Mar 2023South Common Farm Netherton Wood Lane Nailsea BS48 4DG
Received 8 Mar 202352 Martingale Way Portishead
Received 8 Mar 202310 Dawes Close Clevedon BS21 5HA
Received 8 Mar 202318 Stanhope Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4LP
Received 8 Mar 2023Land Off Chelvey Lane (East) Brockley Backwell BS48 4AE
Received 8 Mar 2023Christon Court Farm Flagstaff Road Christon BS26 2XY
Received 8 Mar 2023Land Off Chelvey Lane (West) Brockley Backwell BS48 4AE
Received 8 Mar 2023Land At Harbour Crescent Serbert Road Portishead BS20 7FT
Received 8 Mar 20233 The Tynings Weston-in-Gordano BS20 8PG
Received 9 Mar 20233 Marine Hill Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PW
Received 9 Mar 2023127 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HN
Received 9 Mar 202384 - 86 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HU
Received 9 Mar 2023Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington Bristol BS40 5GF
Received 9 Mar 2023Etex Building Performance Ltd Redland Avenue Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0FB
Received 9 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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