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6,999 approved · 922 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Elton Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 7UR
Received 15 Jun 202387 Hillside Road Portishead BS20 8LJ
Received 15 Jun 2023Willows Church Walk Wrington BS40 5QQ
Received 15 Jun 2023The Bristol Hotel 29 Locking Road/2 George Street & 4 George Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 3BZ
Received 15 Jun 202311 Ashleigh Crescent Yatton BS49 4DF
Received 15 Jun 2023Flat 2 6 Landemann Circus Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QE
Received 16 Jun 20238 The Beach Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7QU
Received 16 Jun 20238 The Beach Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7QU
Received 16 Jun 2023The Cottages 18 Hospital Road Barrow Gurney BS48 3SF
Received 16 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To 2 Sunnyside Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 16 Jun 2023Petersfield Elderly Persons Home Church Road South Portishead BS20 6PU
Received 16 Jun 2023Mabots Orchard Old Banwell Road Winscombe
Received 16 Jun 2023Land At Farleigh Fields And 54 And 56 Farleigh Road Backwell
Received 16 Jun 20231 Newlands View Newlands Hill Portishead North Somerset BS20 6AZ
Received 16 Jun 20233 Claremont Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ED
Received 16 Jun 2023Land At Wick Wharf Fakeham Road Bleadon
Received 16 Jun 2023Land West Of Coombe Farm Bridgwater Road Bleadon
Received 19 Jun 2023West Grove Tower House Lane Wraxall North Somerset BS48 1JP
Received 19 Jun 202318 Belmont Road Winscombe BS25 1LG
Received 19 Jun 2023Flat 1 49 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2PX
Received 19 Jun 2023Hillgate Cottage Hill Road Dundry North Somerset BS41 8JD
Received 19 Jun 2023Land SW Of Long Ashton Park And Ride, Off Gurney Roundabout (A370) And Colliters Way Long Ashton
Received 16 Jun 2023Smart Systems Ltd Arnolds Way Yatton North Somerset BS49 4QN
Received 19 Jun 2023Oakland Farm Kenn Road Clevedon BS21 6TT
Received 19 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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