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6,955 approved · 922 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
136 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LS
Received 25 Apr 202310 & 18 Perrett Way Pill BS20 0HX
Received 25 Apr 202335 Cadbury Road Portishead BS20 6QF
Received 25 Apr 202326 Quantock Road Portishead BS20 6DP
Received 25 Apr 2023Applegarth High Street Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QD
Received 25 Apr 20239 Edgarley Court Wellington Terrace Clevedon BS21 7PR
Received 26 Apr 20239 Faversham Drive Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 9NZ
Received 24 Apr 2023Ground Floor Flat 108 Spring Hill Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9BD
Received 26 Apr 202312 Lower Kewstoke Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9JF
Received 26 Apr 20234 Vynes Way Nailsea BS48 2UG
Received 27 Apr 2023The Old Dairy Oldmixon Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 27 Apr 20235 Hollyman Walk Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6YP
Received 27 Apr 2023Rotary Court 37 South Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2LY
Received 27 Apr 2023The Paddocks Land Opposite 18 Currells Lane Felton Winford BS40 9XG
Received 27 Apr 20239 The Martins Portishead BS20 7LY
Received 27 Apr 20234 Hope Cottages Ham Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XF
Received 27 Apr 2023Applegarth High Street Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QD
Received 25 Apr 2023Gallagher Retail Park Marchfields Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 27 Apr 2023Sperrings Farm Clapton Lane Clapton-In-Gordano Bristol BS20 7RF
Received 27 Apr 2023Former Wagon And Horses Site Potters Hill Felton BS40 9XB
Received 27 Apr 2023New Orchard Farm Puxton Lane Hewish BS24 6TA
Received 27 Apr 2023The Chestnuts 51 Main Road Hutton North Somerset BS24 9SR
Received 27 Apr 20237 Eastfield Park Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2PE
Received 28 Apr 2023Flagstaff Roman Road Bleadon BS24 0AD
Received 28 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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