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.
6,955 approved · 922 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Existing Agricultural Building North Of Access Road Off Wrington Hill Wrington
Received 20 Apr 2023Etex Building Performance Ltd Redland Avenue Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0FB
Received 21 Apr 202362 Beach Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4BE
Received 21 Apr 20233 Wellington Terrace Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PS
Received 21 Apr 2023Hannah More House Church Street Blagdon North Somerset BS40 7RY
Received 21 Apr 2023Hannah More House Church Street Blagdon North Somerset BS40 7RY
Received 21 Apr 2023Haddon 1 Henley Lane Yatton North Somerset BS49 4JP
Received 21 Apr 2023Eden Grove Land Off Chapel Pill Lane Pill
Received 21 Apr 2023Pine Trees Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SB
Received 21 Apr 202322 Silverlow Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2AD
Received 21 Apr 20232 St Marys Grove Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4NQ
Received 21 Apr 202334 Oakford Avenue Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3JL
Received 21 Apr 202366 Main Road Cleeve BS49 4PF
Received 21 Apr 202325 Graham Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1YA
Received 24 Apr 20231 Woodside Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7JY
Received 24 Apr 202332 - 34 Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2BX
Received 24 Apr 2023Applegarth High Street Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QD
Received 24 Apr 20232 Delapre Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4NS
Received 24 Apr 2023Land To The Rear Of 122 Milton Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2UW
Received 24 Apr 2023Pump House Land Off Kingston Lane Kingston Lane Winford North Somerset
Received 24 Apr 2023Electricity Board Sub Station Stock Lane Langford Congresbury
Received 5 Apr 2023Congresbury Recreation Club Stonewell Drive Congresbury BS49 5DW
Received 24 Apr 20233A Woodside Gardens Portishead North Somerset BS20 8EQ
Received 24 Apr 2023Barrow Court Barrow Court Lane Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3RP
Received 25 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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