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.
7,020 approved · 924 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
59 - 63 Weston Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9AA
Received 3 Jul 20237 Jubilee Drive Failand BS8 3XD
Received 3 Jul 2023Stepp Cottage Clevedon Road Weston-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 8PR
Received 3 Jul 2023Land To The South Of Pippins Hill Lane Tickenham
Received 29 Jun 2023Lydcott Lodge Lane Wraxall BS48 1BH
Received 3 Jul 202312 Blakeney Grove Nailsea BS48 4RG
Received 4 Jul 2023Land Off Netherton Wood Lane Nailsea
Received 30 Jun 2023Land At Manor Farm Wick Lane Hewish Puxton
Received 29 Jun 202326 Coronation Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 6DR
Received 4 Jul 2023Land To North Of Nailsea East Of Clevedon Road And West Of Bristol Road Nailsea
Received 30 Jun 202310 Exeter Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4DB
Received 3 Jul 2023The Helicopter Museum Locking Moor Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 3 Jul 202347 Church Road Winscombe BS25 1BP
Received 4 Jul 202331 Garstons Close Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QT
Received 5 Jul 202314A The Avenue Clevedon BS21 7ED
Received 5 Jul 202352 Clevedon Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DF
Received 5 Jul 2023Piece Of Land Adjacent To 2 Southridge Heights Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 29 Jun 202332 Fedden Village Nore Road Portishead BS20 8DN
Received 5 Jul 202363 Kings Croft Long Ashton BS41 9ED
Received 5 Jul 202334 Church Town Backwell BS48 3JF
Received 5 Jul 202327A Clarence Road North Weston-super-Mare BS23 4AW
Received 5 Jul 2023Former Worlebury Riding School Worlebury Hill Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 5 Jul 202330 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JE
Received 5 Jul 202398 Drove Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3NW
Received 5 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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