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.
7,011 approved · 923 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
254 Down Road Portishead BS20 8HY
Received 29 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To Cleeve Hall Cleeve Hill Road Cleeve
Received 29 Jun 202314 Church Lane Tickenham BS21 6SD
Received 29 Jun 2023Land At Brinsea Green Farm Brinsea Lane Congresbury
Received 23 Jun 20232 Meadow Villas Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RN
Received 29 Jun 202317 Southside Congresbury BS49 5BS
Received 29 Jun 2023Green Oak Barn Churchill Green Churchill Winscombe BS25 5QH
Received 29 Jun 2023Flat Roof To Rear Of 14-19 Colliers Walk Nailsea BS48 1RG
Received 29 Jun 2023Above 7 Clevedon Walk Nailsea BS48 1RS
Received 29 Jun 2023Above 7 Clevedon Walk Nailsea BS48 1RS
Received 29 Jun 2023134 Main Road Cleeve BS49 4PW
Received 29 Jun 202384 Alfred Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1PP
Received 30 Jun 2023Roof To Rear Of 1A Somerset Square Nailsea BS48 1RP
Received 29 Jun 20233 Sunnyside Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3QD
Received 30 Jun 202311 Edward Road Clevedon BS21 7DP
Received 30 Jun 2023Land At Junction Of Maysgreen Lane Mays Lane Puxton
Received 30 Jun 2023The Old Chapel East Street Banwell BS29 6BN
Received 30 Jun 2023Land At Parklands (Phase 4a) Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 30 Jun 2023Land At Brinsea Road Farm Brinsea Batch Congresbury BS49 5JP
Received 30 Jun 20239 Longton Grove Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1LS
Received 30 Jun 2023140A High Street Worle Weston-super-Mare BS22 6HE
Received 30 Jun 2023Ash Tree Holiday Home Park Lower Norton Lane Kewstoke BS22 9YR
Received 30 Jun 202321 North Lane Nailsea BS48 4BT
Received 3 Jul 2023Burwalls Hill House Burwalls Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PT
Received 3 Jul 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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