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.
7,007 approved · 922 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chicken Barn Cedar Farm Wick Road Wick St Lawrence North Somerset
Received 19 Jun 20233 Church Road Winford BS40 8EN
Received 19 Jun 202324 Harvey Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 7DW
Received 19 Jun 202361B Church Lane Backwell North Somerset BS48 3JJ
Received 19 Jun 20231 Goosey Lane St Georges Weston-super-Mare BS22 7XA
Received 20 Jun 20234 Manor Farm Close Hutton North Somerset BS24 9XD
Received 20 Jun 202317 Rhyne Terrace Uphill North Somerset BS23 4XW
Received 20 Jun 202324 The Perrings Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4YL
Received 20 Jun 20234 St Pauls Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4AF
Received 20 Jun 2023Land South Of Chelvey Estate Chelvey Lane Backwell
Received 20 Jun 20235 Cromwell Drive Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS22 7UL
Received 20 Jun 202310 Hollis Close Long Ashton BS41 9AZ
Received 21 Jun 20232 Lower Kewstoke Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9JA
Received 21 Jun 20232 Lodge Drive Long Ashton BS41 9JF
Received 21 Jun 2023Barrow Court Barrow Court Lane Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3RP
Received 21 Jun 2023Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington Bristol BS40 5GF
Received 21 Jun 2023Rooftop Site Hanover House Friary Road Portishead BS20 6LP
Received 21 Jun 2023Uphill Wharf Cafe Bar Ltd Uphill Boat Yard, Uphill Way Uphill
Received 21 Jun 2023Land North Of North Hill Farm East Dundry Lane Dundry
Received 21 Jun 20233 Dundry Lane Dundry North Somerset BS41 8JH
Received 22 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To Hayes Cottage Lower Strode Road Clevedon
Received 22 Jun 2023Bristol Channel Offshore Of Hinkley Point A, B And C Power Stations
Received 19 Jun 20236 Baytree Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8HG
Received 22 Jun 2023Cattlemarket Business Park Chew Road Winford North Somerset
Received 22 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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