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6,942 approved · 919 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Prospect Place The Batch Backwell BS48 3DL
Received 14 Apr 2023Old Farm Churchill Green Churchill North Somerset BS25 5QL
Received 14 Apr 2023147 Coleridge Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3UN
Received 14 Apr 20236 Drakes Way Portishead BS20 6LB
Received 14 Apr 2023426 Nore Road Portishead BS20 8HA
Received 14 Apr 2023Salthouse Inn And Restaurant Salthouse Road Clevedon BS21 7TY
Received 14 Apr 20236 Marsh Lane Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0ND
Received 17 Apr 2023Biddulph House Plunder Street Cleeve Bristol BS49 4PQ
Received 17 Apr 2023Biddulph House Plunder Street Cleeve Bristol BS49 4PQ
Received 17 Apr 2023The Oak House Cuckoo Lane Wraxall Bristol BS48 1PJ
Received 17 Apr 2023101A Severn Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1DS
Received 17 Apr 20232 Applehayes Rise Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0FD
Received 17 Apr 202317 Byron Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3XG
Received 17 Apr 202313 Northleigh Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS22 8HA
Received 17 Apr 20238 Ardmore Vicarage Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PH
Received 17 Apr 202335 Dial Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7EL
Received 17 Apr 2023Harbrow Langford Road Langford BS40 5BN
Received 17 Apr 20239 Woodborough Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1AB
Received 17 Apr 20231 Pier Close Portishead North Somerset BS20 7BU
Received 17 Apr 20235 Woodland Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4HE
Received 17 Apr 202391A Severn Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1DS
Received 18 Apr 202351A Cliff Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9SE
Received 18 Apr 202322A Glebe Road Long Ashton BS41 9LH
Received 18 Apr 202346 Clifton Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1BN
Received 18 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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