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.
6,942 approved · 919 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Grey House 38 High Street Yatton BS49 4JA
Received 12 Apr 2023The Grey House 38 High Street Yatton North Somerset BS49 4JA
Received 12 Apr 2023Sores Court Hillside Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3BL
Received 12 Apr 2023Sores Court Hillside Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3BL
Received 12 Apr 2023Former Quadron Services Depot Land To North Of Mendip Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 30 Mar 2023Land East Of Mulberry House Roman Road Bleadon
Received 12 Apr 202333A Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EY
Received 12 Apr 2023Watercress Farm Upton Lane Dundry North Somerset BS41 8NS
Received 12 Apr 202329 Anson Road Locking BS24 7DG
Received 12 Apr 2023Land Adjacent Sweet Briar West End Lane Nailsea
Received 12 Apr 2023Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington BS48 3DY
Received 6 Apr 2023Flat 1 36 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2PS
Received 13 Apr 202325A Uphill Road North Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 13 Apr 202320 Trawden Close Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2UE
Received 13 Apr 20232 Rodmoor Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7HZ
Received 12 Apr 202312 Chapel Barton Nailsea Somerset BS48 2ED
Received 13 Apr 202339 Starcross Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 6NY
Received 13 Apr 202321 - 23 Trewartha Park Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RR
Received 13 Apr 20236 Marsh Lane Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0ND
Received 13 Apr 20234 Hailstone Cottages Bristol Road Red Hill Bristol BS40 5TL
Received 14 Apr 20234A Elmsleigh Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4JN
Received 14 Apr 20233 Ashgrove Avenue Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3QE
Received 13 Apr 2023Burwalls House Bridge Road Leigh Woods
Received 14 Apr 2023Land To The East Of Kennmoor Road Kenn
Received 14 Apr 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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