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6,955 approved · 922 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington Bristol BS40 5GF
Received 4 May 2023Land East Of Maltlands Play Area The Maltlands Maltlands Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 9 May 202319 High Street Portishead BS20 6AB
Received 9 May 2023Land Adjacent Sweet Briar West End Lane Nailsea North Somerset
Received 9 May 2023Appleton House 7 Pauls Causeway Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5DH
Received 25 Apr 2023Badgers Lodge Edsons Farm Downside Road Backwell BS48 3DQ
Received 9 May 202318 Sidcot Lane Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1LA
Received 9 May 2023The Bungalow Inn Kingdown Road Bristol BS40 5TP
Received 9 May 20231 Gnome Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 8FR
Received 10 May 202319 High Street Portishead North Somerset BS20 6AB
Received 10 May 202312 Wyndham Crescent Easton-in-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0PG
Received 10 May 20239A Montpelier Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RH
Received 9 May 20233 Coombe Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QP
Received 9 May 2023Nashley House 27 Montpelier Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RN
Received 9 May 2023Field Off Streamcross Claverham
Received 10 May 2023Tregarth All Saints Lane Clevedon BS21 6AU
Received 10 May 2023Towerbrook Farm Catworthy Lane Banwell North Somerset BS29 6PQ
Received 10 May 2023Towerbrook Farm Catworthy Lane Banwell North Somerset BS29 6PQ
Received 11 May 2023Little Orchard 82 Greenhill Road Sandford North Somerset BS25 5PB
Received 10 May 2023Woodlands Farm Mearcombe Lane Bleadon North Somerset BS24 0NZ
Received 11 May 2023Cypress Farm Wick Road Wick St Lawrence BS22 7YR
Received 11 May 2023Collum Farm Collum Lane Kewstoke North Somerset BS22 9YX
Received 11 May 2023Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon BS24 0AU
Received 11 May 202373 High Street Nailsea BS48 1AW
Received 11 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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