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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6,955 approved · 922 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Field Wrington Road Congresbury BS40 5AB
Received 4 May 202328 High Street Banwell BS29 6AE
Received 4 May 2023Elmfield Whitecross Lane Banwell North Somerset BS29 6DP
Received 4 May 20239 Hawksworth Drive Weston-super-Mare BS22 7YT
Received 5 May 20233 Bowden Way Failand North Somerset BS8 3XA
Received 5 May 2023Orchard House Burwalls Burwalls Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3DS
Received 5 May 202321 Keedwell Hill Long Ashton BS41 9DP
Received 5 May 2023260 Milton Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 8EN
Received 5 May 2023260 Milton Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS22 8EN
Received 5 May 202332 Valley Gardens Nailsea BS48 2JD
Received 5 May 2023Stone Cottage Winscombe Hill Winscombe BS25 1DH
Received 5 May 2023Land Off Blagdon Lane Butcombe North Somerset
Received 5 May 2023Blagdon Water Recycling Centre Station Road Blagdon
Received 5 May 2023Ardmore Vicarage Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PH
Received 9 May 202312 Backwell Hill Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3PL
Received 9 May 202321 Capenor Close Portishead BS20 6RH
Received 9 May 20237 Quantock Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4DN
Received 9 May 202312 Milbury Gardens Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9BT
Received 3 May 20231 Felton House Farm Upper Town Lane Felton North Somerset BS40 9YA
Received 3 May 2023Unit A - 2nd Floor, Estune Business Park Wild Country Lane Long Ashton BS41 9FH
Received 3 May 2023All Saints Church Lane Long Ashton North Somerset
Received 9 May 2023Chelvey Court Chelvey Road Chelvey BS48 4AA
Received 5 May 2023Chelvey Court Chelvey Road Chelvey BS48 4AA
Received 5 May 2023Thatchers Cider Company Ltd Myrtle Farm Station Road Sandford BS25 5RA
Received 9 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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