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7,020 approved · 924 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Yeomeads Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9BQ
Received 6 Jul 202327 Princes Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7SY
Received 6 Jul 202330 West Way Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7XN
Received 6 Jul 202338 Sercombe Park Clevedon North Somerset BS21 5BD
Received 6 Jul 202391A Severn Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DS
Received 6 Jul 202342 Venus Street Congresbury BS49 5EZ
Received 6 Jul 2023First Floor 9 And 10 The Precinct High Street Portishead BS20 6AH
Received 4 Jul 202366 Coleridge Vale Road South Clevedon BS21 6PG
Received 6 Jul 2023The Old Granary Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Received 6 Jul 202322 West Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1JU
Received 6 Jul 2023Heathfield Park Bristol Road Hewish BS24 6SQ
Received 6 Jul 2023Redwood Farm Barrow Street Barrow Gurney BS48 3RE
Received 6 Jul 2023Redwood Farm Barrow Street Barrow Gurney BS48 3RE
Received 6 Jul 2023Darlisette House 13 Hapil Close Sandford North Somerset BS25 5AA
Received 6 Jul 20234 Polestar Way Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 7BT
Received 6 Jul 2023The Paddock Wolvershill Road Banwell BS29 6LA
Received 6 Jul 2023Land At Walnut Barn 48 Church Lane Hutton BS24 9SN
Received 4 Jul 2023Fenwynds Tower House Lane Wraxall BS48 1JT
Received 7 Jul 2023Fenwynds Tower House Lane Wraxall BS48 1JT
Received 7 Jul 20235 The Croft Clevedon BS21 6AT
Received 7 Jul 2023Glenview Street End Lane Blagdon BS40 7TW
Received 7 Jul 202311 Dunkery Close Nailsea BS48 2LB
Received 7 Jul 2023Arena Hairdressers St Georges Hill Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0PS
Received 6 Jul 202354 Waverley Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3LQ
Received 7 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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