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.
6,956 approved · 922 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Collum Cottage Collum Lane Kewstoke North Somerset BS22 9YX
Received 11 May 2023Collum Farm Collum Lane Kewstoke North Somerset BS22 9YX
Received 11 May 2023Land South Of Dinghurst Road Churchill North Somerset
Received 11 May 2023Land Off Pinchay Lane Winford BS40 8AX
Received 11 May 202317 - 21 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HA
Received 11 May 2023Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon North Somerset BS24 0AU
Received 11 May 2023Innisfree Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SD
Received 11 May 202351 Nore Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6JY
Received 12 May 2023Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington BS48 3DY
Received 4 May 2023Gooseum Rhyne Flood Storage Reservoir Bristol Road Congresbury
Received 4 May 2023Banwell Bypass Land To North And East Of Banwell Including Mitigation Highway Land In Sandford, Winscombe And Churchill
Received 12 May 2023Hedge Opposite Marron House Kenn Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6TS
Received 12 May 202325 High Street Nailsea BS48 1AU
Received 12 May 2023Church Farm Walton Street Walton-in-Gordano BS21 7AW
Received 13 May 202362 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4BE
Received 15 May 202366 Spring Hill Weston-super-Mare BS22 9AX
Received 15 May 2023The Old Cowshed 38 Wrington Road Congresbury BS40 5AB
Received 12 May 2023Bourton House Bourton Combe Flax Bourton BS48 3QL
Received 15 May 202366 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LE
Received 15 May 2023Butcombe Farm Aldwick Lane Butcombe North Somerset BS40 7UW
Received 15 May 2023The Boat Yard Newfoundland Way Portishead North Somerset BS20 7DF
Received 15 May 2023Watersmeat Max Mill Lane Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1DS
Received 15 May 2023Blagdon Water Garden Centre Bath Road Langford North Somerset BS40 5DN
Received 15 May 2023Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon North Somerset BS24 0AU
Received 16 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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