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6,972 approved · 922 refused · 396 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land South Of Nailsea West Of Station Road Nailsea
Received 31 May 2023Land Off Nates Lane Wrington
Received 1 Jun 2023Top Flat 10 Baker Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 3AB
Received 1 Jun 2023Dingle Cottage Street End Lane Blagdon BS40 7TW
Received 1 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To 301 Charlcombe Park Down Road Portishead BS20 8LD
Received 1 Jun 2023Land To The South Of Bleadon Mill Bleadon
Received 1 Jun 2023Fairfield School Fairfield Way Backwell North Somerset BS48 3PD
Received 2 Jun 202328 Elmsleigh Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4JN
Received 2 Jun 202395 Severn Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1DS
Received 2 Jun 2023Watercress Farm Bristol Road Wraxall North Somerset BS48 1NE
Received 2 Jun 20238 Riverleaze Portishead BS20 8EA
Received 2 Jun 20236 Folleigh Drive Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9JD
Received 2 Jun 202363 Hill Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PD
Received 2 Jun 2023Steppings Ladye Bay Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7BU
Received 1 Jun 202341-43 Oxford Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1TN
Received 1 Jun 2023132A High Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1HP
Received 2 Jun 202320 Kingswear Tamar Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6LF
Received 5 Jun 2023Land South West Of Drove Way Sandford
Received 5 Jun 202314 Flax Bourton Road Failand BS8 3UW
Received 5 Jun 2023Land At Long Stay Car Park Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington
Received 2 Jun 2023Land East Of Maltlands Play Area The Maltlands Maltlands Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 5 Jun 2023Cherry Trees Green Lane Failand BS8 3TW
Received 5 Jun 2023Silverwood Tower House Lane Wraxall BS48 1JR
Received 5 Jun 2023Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 5 Jun 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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