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.
6,999 approved · 922 refused · 398 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Ox Barn New Cut Bow Kingston Seymour North Somerset BS21 6UN
Received 8 Jun 202314 Coleridge Vale Road North Clevedon BS21 6PS
Received 8 Jun 2023The Stables Back Lane Kingston Seymour North Somerset BS21 6UZ
Received 8 Jun 2023Cherry Barn North End Road Yatton BS49 4AS
Received 8 Jun 2023First Floor (part) & Second Floor 48 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JA
Received 8 Jun 2023Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington Bristol BS40 5GF
Received 8 Jun 2023Land West Of Ladymead Lane Ladymead Lane Langford North Somerset
Received 9 Jun 2023Greenmead Church Road Dundry North Somerset BS41 8LH
Received 8 Jun 2023Land Off Trendlewood Way Nailsea
Received 8 Jun 2023Land Opposite 1 Trendlewood Way Nailsea
Received 9 Jun 2023Manor Farm Flagstaff Road Christon BS26 2XY
Received 9 Jun 2023Charters Bridge Road Leigh Woods Bristol BS8 3PE
Received 8 Jun 202342-44 Ashton Vale Road Bristol BS3 2HQ
Received 6 Jun 2023Barn To East Of The Hideaway Crookes Lane Kewstoke
Received 9 Jun 202327B Dial Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7HL
Received 12 Jun 20233 Sally Hill Portishead North Somerset BS20 7BH
Received 12 Jun 2023Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington Bristol BS40 5GF
Received 11 Jun 2023Bridgefoot Farm Kingston Bridge Clevedon BS21 6TX
Received 12 Jun 2023Way Side Quarry Road Portishead BS20 6AY
Received 12 Jun 2023Home Ground Farm Yeo Bank Lane Kingston Seymour Clevedon BS21 6XH
Received 12 Jun 202323 Chestnut Grove Clevedon Somerset BS21 7LA
Received 12 Jun 2023Market Inn 1 North End Road Yatton North Somerset BS49 4AL
Received 9 Jun 2023Land At Locking Parklands North Of The A371 Locking Moor Road And West Of North - South Spine Road
Received 9 Jun 202311 Folleigh Drive Long Ashton BS41 9JD
Received 12 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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