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7,020 approved · 924 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Grove Farm West Town Road Backwell North Somerset
Received 7 Jul 2023Land To The North Of Junction Of Lyefield Road And Lower Norton Lane Kewstoke
Received 7 Jul 2023Walliscote Primary Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UY
Received 7 Jul 2023Walliscote Primary Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UY
Received 7 Jul 2023Land South Of Staddlestone House Sandy Lane Lower Failand
Received 7 Jul 2023The Coach House 28 Stanshalls Lane Felton North Somerset BS40 9UG
Received 7 Jul 2023Lakeside Bridgwater Road Barrow Gurney BS48 3SJ
Received 7 Jul 202352 Woodborough Road Winscombe BS25 1BA
Received 7 Jul 2023Pavement Outside 9 Wrington Lane Congresbury BS49 5BQ
Received 4 Jul 2023Pavement Outside 8A And 10 Willow Close Long Ashton BS41 9DT
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At Rear Of Purn House Farm Purn Farm Bridgwater Road Bleadon North Somerset
Received 5 Jul 2023Land At Oakham Farm Off High Street Portbury BS20 7TR
Received 5 Jul 2023Tangle Wood Brockley Lane Brockley BS48 4AY
Received 10 Jul 202351 Woodhill Road Portishead BS20 7EY
Received 10 Jul 20234 Partridge Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 8TY
Received 10 Jul 2023Church View Church Town Backwell BS48 3JQ
Received 10 Jul 202319 Longdown Drive Weston-super-Mare BS22 7US
Received 10 Jul 202325A Uphill Road North Weston-super-Mare BS23 4NG
Received 10 Jul 20234 Broadoaks North Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PN
Received 10 Jul 202360 The Glebe Wrington BS40 5LX
Received 10 Jul 2023Woolpack Inn Shepherds Way St Georges Weston-super-Mare BS22 7XE
Received 10 Jul 2023Land Off Naish Hill Naish Farm Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7RZ
Received 6 Jul 2023Stokeleigh Cottage Manor Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RT
Received 10 Jul 2023Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0AU
Received 11 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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