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.
6,945 approved · 921 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bristol International Airport North Side Road Felton BS48 3DY
Received 5 Apr 2023Land To The Rear Of The Gables Ashgrove Avenue Abbots Leigh
Received 18 Apr 20239 Broadcroft Avenue Claverham BS49 4LP
Received 18 Apr 20234 The Avenue Yatton BS49 4DA
Received 17 Apr 2023Rolstone Manor Farm West Rolstone Road Hewish North Somerset BS24 6UR
Received 18 Apr 202333A Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EY
Received 12 Apr 20238 Sixty Acres Close Failand North Somerset BS8 3UH
Received 19 Apr 2023Woodbine Cottage Chestnut Lane Bleadon North Somerset BS24 0QD
Received 19 Apr 2023Bury Farm The Bury Locking BS24 8BZ
Received 19 Apr 2023Devil's Bridge Bleadon Hill Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 19 Apr 2023Above 7 Clevedon Walk Nailsea BS48 1RS
Received 18 Apr 202359 Nore Road Portishead BS20 6JY
Received 19 Apr 2023337 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3LY
Received 19 Apr 2023Willows Church Walk Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QQ
Received 19 Apr 2023Land Next To Land Yeo At Tyntesfield Springs Bristol Road Wraxall
Received 20 Apr 2023Land Adjacent Sweet Briar West End Lane Nailsea North Somerset
Received 20 Apr 2023Greenwood Stables Beggar Bush Lane Failand Abbots Leigh
Received 20 Apr 2023South Common Farm Netherton Wood Lane Nailsea BS48 4DG
Received 20 Apr 2023The Old Dairy Park Road Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5HJ
Received 20 Apr 2023Unit 1 Westway House Hither Green Clevedon BS21 6XT
Received 20 Apr 202322 - 23 Somerset Square Nailsea BS48 1RQ
Received 20 Apr 2023Land At Scot Elm Drive Weston-super-Mare
Received 19 Apr 20239 Canberra Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4PJ
Received 20 Apr 2023Hoveland Shiplate Road Bleadon BS24 0NG
Received 21 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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