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6,955 approved · 922 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land West Of Kenn Road South Of Colehouse Lane Kenn
Received 26 Apr 202312A Atlantic Road South Weston-super-Mare
Received 28 Apr 202319A Pizey Avenue Clevedon BS21 7TS
Received 28 Apr 2023Cadbury Alpacas Clevedon Road Tickenham
Received 28 Apr 202369 Westward Drive Pill BS20 0JR
Received 2 May 20231 Seaview Road Portishead BS20 8HJ
Received 2 May 202362 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4BE
Received 2 May 2023172 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3LU
Received 2 May 2023Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 28 Apr 20236 St James Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1SS
Received 2 May 2023Wisteria Cottage Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1LE
Received 2 May 2023Land At Dinghurst Road Churchill North Somerset
Received 2 May 2023Blagdon Water Garden Centre Bath Road Langford BS40 5DN
Received 2 May 2023206 High Street Worle Weston-super-Mare BS22 6JE
Received 2 May 20231 Felton House Farm Upper Town Lane Felton BS40 9YA
Received 2 May 20236 Trevelyan Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3BH
Received 3 May 2023Mulberry Cottage Church Walk Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QQ
Received 3 May 202369A Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare BS23 2TW
Received 3 May 202310 Kingston Lane Winford North Somerset BS40 8DA
Received 3 May 2023Land Adjacent To WPD Helicopter Unit Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington
Received 28 Apr 2023Orchard Lodge Manor Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RS
Received 3 May 2023Tanglewood West Hay Road Wrington BS40 5NR
Received 4 May 2023Bristol Airport Ltd Bristol International Airport North Side Road Felton Bristol BS48 3DY
Received 4 May 20234A Woodside Gardens Portishead North Somerset BS20 8EQ
Received 4 May 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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