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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.
6,972 approved · 922 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Random The Ripple Tickenham BS21 6SJ
Received 25 May 202387 Kings Croft Long Ashton BS41 9ED
Received 26 May 2023Random The Ripple Tickenham BS21 6SJ
Received 25 May 202312 Fitzharding Road Pill North Somerset BS20 0EH
Received 26 May 2023Lodge Corner Downs Road Dundry North Somerset BS41 8LQ
Received 25 May 2023105 Nightingale Rise Portishead North Somerset BS20 8LX
Received 26 May 202320 Rippleside Road Clevedon BS21 7JX
Received 26 May 20235 Rock Road Yatton North Somerset BS49 4JE
Received 26 May 20237 Brean Down Avenue Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4JH
Received 26 May 202313 Ashford Road Redhill North Somerset BS40 5TH
Received 30 May 2023Rockery Water Gardens Highridge Road Dundry BS41 8JY
Received 30 May 202345 Cleeve Hill Road Cleeve BS49 4PH
Received 30 May 2023Land To The Rear Of 37 Alma Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RD
Received 30 May 20236 Miles Close Pill North Somerset BS20 0LH
Received 30 May 2023Suncroft 7 Stock Lane Langford BS40 5HZ
Received 30 May 2023Westways Battery Lane Portishead BS20 7JD
Received 30 May 202324 Harvey Close Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 7DW
Received 25 May 2023Hounsley View Pool Lane Winford BS40 8BP
Received 25 May 202314 Pudding Pie Close Langford North Somerset BS40 5EN
Received 30 May 202325 Chantry Drive Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS22 7PP
Received 30 May 2023Portland Moor Lane Backwell North Somerset BS48 3LL
Received 30 May 202370 Cliff Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9SD
Received 31 May 20237 Griffin Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6HH
Received 31 May 202316 Turnbury Avenue Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2UU
Received 31 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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