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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.
6,934 approved · 919 refused · 394 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mufflands Yadley Lane Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1AX
Received 21 Mar 202328 Slade Road Portishead BS20 6BS
Received 21 Mar 202311 Meadow Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QG
Received 21 Mar 202311 Berkeley Crescent Uphill BS23 4XZ
Received 21 Mar 2023Works Gloucester Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1TA
Received 21 Mar 20233 Esmond Grove Clevedon BS21 7HW
Received 21 Mar 2023Land East Of Hillview Greenhill Lane Sandford North Somerset
Received 21 Mar 2023117B High Street Portishead North Somerset BS20 6PT
Received 22 Mar 202310 Fosse Lane Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2AR
Received 22 Mar 2023Barrow Court Barrow Court Lane Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3RP
Received 22 Mar 202332 Mayors Road Claverham North Somerset BS49 4GG
Received 22 Mar 2023320 Worle Moor Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 7JG
Received 22 Mar 2023Building 7 At The Heritage Works Winterstoke Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 22 Mar 202332 Oldville Avenue Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6HG
Received 22 Mar 2023Pippins Hill Lane Tickenham North Somerset BS21 6RH
Received 22 Mar 20234 And 6 Langport Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1YR
Received 22 Mar 2023Cirrus 5 Andruss Drive Dundry Somerset BS41 8LJ
Received 23 Mar 202326 Mayfield Avenue Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 6AA
Received 22 Mar 2023Agricultural Building To The North Of The Poplars West Rolstone Road Hewish
Received 22 Mar 2023Puxton Park Cowslip Lane Hewish BS24 6AH
Received 23 Mar 2023Sunnymeade Brinsea Batch Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5JR
Received 23 Mar 2023WPD Windsor Castle Upper Bristol Road At Junction With Grove Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 22 Mar 2023Mast At Bean Field Lower Norton Lane Kewstoke
Received 22 Mar 202336 Combe Avenue Portishead North Somerset BS20 6JS
Received 23 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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