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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7,007 approved · 922 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Footway Off Monks Hill Junction With Worlebury Hill Road (Outside Worlebury Golf Club) Weston-super-Mare BS22 9SX
Received 22 Jun 2023Meadowside Oakridge Lane Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1LX
Received 22 Jun 2023Land At Chestnut Farm North End Road Yatton North Somerset
Received 23 Jun 2023Land Trendlewood Way Nailsea
Received 23 Jun 202332 Anson Road Locking BS24 7DE
Received 23 Jun 2023Eden Lodge Studios Chapel Pill Lane Pill North Somerset BS20 0BX
Received 26 Jun 2023The Stable 5 Nippors Way Winscombe BS25 1HF
Received 26 Jun 202312 North Lane Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QR
Received 26 Jun 2023Orchard Bungalow Vee Lane Felton BS40 9YE
Received 26 Jun 2023Steppings Ladye Bay Clevedon BS21 7BU
Received 26 Jun 2023Mendip View Crabtree Lane Dundry North Somerset BS41 8LN
Received 26 Jun 2023Rudgleigh House Cross Lanes Pill BS20 0JJ
Received 26 Jun 2023Land To South East Of Nye Farm Puxton Lane Off Droveway Sandford BS24 6TL
Received 26 Jun 202317 Upper Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8BT
Received 26 Jun 202342 Bishops Road Cleeve BS49 4NG
Received 26 Jun 2023Sunnybank Station Road Sandford BS25 5RF
Received 26 Jun 202319 Elmsleigh Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4JW
Received 27 Jun 202319 Woodland Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4HF
Received 27 Jun 202322 Westfield Road Banwell BS29 6BA
Received 27 Jun 2023Belle Vista West Hill Wraxall North Somerset BS48 1PL
Received 23 Jun 20238A Church Street Banwell BS29 6EA
Received 27 Jun 2023337 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3LY
Received 21 Jun 2023Highwood House Manilla Crescent Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 26 Jun 202330 West Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JU
Received 27 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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