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6,999 approved · 922 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Council Houses Burrington Combe Blagdon Somerset BS40 7AS
Received 12 Jun 202322 New Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6AQ
Received 13 Jun 2023Land At Strawberry Lane Off Oxleaze Lane Dundry
Received 12 Jun 2023Stable Block Leigh Court Pill Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RL
Received 13 Jun 202351A Copse Road Clevedon BS21 7QP
Received 13 Jun 2023Plantation Workshop Cleeve Hill Road Cleeve Bristol BS49 4PJ
Received 9 Jun 202325 Back Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RF
Received 13 Jun 2023Land Farm Puxton Road Hewish BS24 6UE
Received 13 Jun 2023Land Farm Puxton Road Hewish BS24 6UE
Received 13 Jun 2023Land Farm Puxton Road Hewish Banwell BS24 6UE
Received 13 Jun 20235 South Avenue Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EP
Received 13 Jun 20233 Regent Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1SE
Received 13 Jun 2023The Lawn Lodge Lane Wraxall
Received 14 Jun 202314 Heywood Road Pill North Somerset BS20 0ED
Received 14 Jun 2023Flat 6 St Christophers Court Wellington Terrace Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PY
Received 14 Jun 20232 North Lane Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1QR
Received 14 Jun 20232 Marine Hill Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PW
Received 14 Jun 202329 - 31 High Street Portishead North Somerset BS20 6AB
Received 14 Jun 202329 - 31 High Street Portishead North Somerset BS20 6AB
Received 14 Jun 20235 Catley Grove Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9NH
Received 14 Jun 2023Land Farm Puxton Road Hewish BS24 6UE
Received 14 Jun 202312 Barrow Court Barrow Court Lane Barrow Gurney BS48 3RP
Received 14 Jun 202353 Cleeve Hill Road Cleeve North Somerset BS49 4PH
Received 15 Jun 202316 Silverstone Way Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5ES
Received 14 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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