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7,007 approved · 922 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 The Retreat Camp Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2EN
Received 26 Jun 2023The Manse Chapel Hill Wrington BS40 5NJ
Received 27 Jun 2023Land South Of Churchland Way And Wolvershill Road Mead Fields Banwell Weston-super-Mare
Received 27 Jun 202341 Woodhill Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7EY
Received 27 Jun 2023Outside Springfields Bridgwater Road Uphill Bleadon BS23 4TY
Received 20 Jun 20233 Coombe Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QP
Received 27 Jun 202314 Underhill Drive Uphill BS23 4TL
Received 27 Jun 202371 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9HW
Received 28 Jun 20239 Marine Parade Clevedon BS21 7QS
Received 28 Jun 20232 Elmvale Drive Hutton BS24 9TG
Received 28 Jun 202352 Church Lane Hutton BS24 9SN
Received 28 Jun 202395 Old Street Clevedon BS21 6BT
Received 28 Jun 20231 Goosey Lane St Georges Weston-super-Mare BS22 7XA
Received 28 Jun 202314 Sidcot Lane Winscombe BS25 1LA
Received 28 Jun 202345 Lower Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2AQ
Received 28 Jun 202345 Lower Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2AQ
Received 28 Jun 2023Outside 70 Cedern Avenue (Banwell Road Pavement) Elborough Hutton Weston-super-Mare BS24 8PD
Received 28 Jun 2023215A Milton Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8EG
Received 28 Jun 2023Albany Lodge Guest House 9 Clevedon Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DA
Received 28 Jun 202311 Milbury Gardens Weston-super-Mare BS22 9BT
Received 28 Jun 2023105 Severn Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DS
Received 29 Jun 2023The Orchard 8 Andruss Drive Dundry BS41 8LJ
Received 29 Jun 20238 Barnards Close Yatton BS49 4HZ
Received 29 Jun 2023First, Second And Third Floors 4 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UG
Received 29 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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