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.
6,972 approved · 922 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Keenes Way Clevedon BS21 6PY
Received 18 May 20235 -7 St Andrews Parade Weston-super-Mare BS23 3SS
Received 18 May 202317 Hart Close Pill North Somerset BS20 0BY
Received 19 May 2023Land South Of Somerset Avenue Weston-super-Mare
Received 18 May 2023Cannaways Barns Silver Moor Lane Banwell BS29 6LQ
Received 19 May 2023Bristol Airport Ltd Bristol International Airport North Side Road Felton Bristol BS48 3DY
Received 19 May 2023Mendip Cottage 24 The Scaurs Weston-super-Mare BS22 6QP
Received 19 May 2023Mendip Cottage 24 The Scaurs Weston-super-Mare BS22 6QP
Received 19 May 20237 Charterhouse Close Nailsea BS48 4PU
Received 19 May 20234 Keenes Way Clevedon BS21 6PY
Received 19 May 2023Box Bush Farm Lye Cross Road Redhill North Somerset BS40 5RH
Received 19 May 20231 Somerset Square Nailsea BS48 1RP
Received 19 May 202342A Milton Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2SL
Received 19 May 202328 Slade Road Portishead BS20 6BS
Received 20 May 2023April Cottage Bell Square Blagdon BS40 7UB
Received 22 May 202366A Clifton Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1BW
Received 22 May 202328 Slade Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6BS
Received 22 May 20234 Sanderling Place Portishead BS20 7NW
Received 22 May 2023The Manor House Clevedon Road Walton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS21 7AN
Received 23 May 2023Land To East Of Court House Farm Marsh Lane Easton-in-Gordano
Received 19 May 2023Land To West Of Wild Country Lane (Birches Farm) Barrow Gurney Long Ashton
Received 22 May 2023Etex Building Performance Ltd Redland Avenue Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0FB
Received 23 May 2023Atcost Barn Glen Farm Sandy Lane Lower Failand
Received 22 May 2023Land West Of Ladymead Lane Ladymead Lane Langford North Somerset
Received 23 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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