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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7,020 approved · 924 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Inspection House Station Road Blagdon North Somerset BS40 7UL
Received 10 Jul 202340A Rodney Road (First Floor) Backwell BS48 3HW
Received 10 Jul 2023Hazel Manor Farm Nordrach Lane Priddy Cheddar Somerset
Received 11 Jul 2023Unit 6 10 Beaufighter Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 8EE
Received 11 Jul 2023Land At The Junction Of Bleadon Hill And Bridgwater Road Bridgwater Road Uphill North Somerset
Received 11 Jul 2023Wallflower House 30 Coronation Road Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0PG
Received 11 Jul 20235 Leagrove Court Leagrove Road Clevedon BS21 7FZ
Received 11 Jul 2023The Rectory Main Road Flax Bourton North Somerset BS48 3QJ
Received 11 Jul 202311 Highdale Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7LW
Received 12 Jul 20239 Parsonage Close Winford BS40 8DQ
Received 12 Jul 202365 Stableyard Tyntesfield Wraxall North Somerset BS48 1NS
Received 12 Jul 2023Mirage 21 Harbour Road Portishead BS20 7AJ
Received 12 Jul 2023Land East Of A38 (Adjacent To The Cedars) Bridgwater Road Winscombe BS25 1NA
Received 12 Jul 2023Elmfield Cottage Bristol Road Churchill BS25 5NL
Received 12 Jul 2023232 Old Church Road Clevedon BS21 7UD
Received 12 Jul 2023The Rectory Old Church Road Uphill North Somerset BS23 4UH
Received 13 Jul 2023203 Mendip Road Yatton BS49 4ED
Received 13 Jul 2023Tulane Garston Lane Blagdon North Somerset BS40 7TG
Received 13 Jul 20233 Failand Estate Sandy Lane Lower Failand BS8 3SR
Received 13 Jul 202327 Sunnymede Road Nailsea BS48 2NF
Received 13 Jul 202347 Woodside Avenue Hutton Weston-super-Mare BS24 9XN
Received 13 Jul 202314 Burden Park Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7GB
Received 13 Jul 2023The Poplars Bridge Road Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0AU
Received 13 Jul 2023Land To The West Of Barton And Situated On The Southern Side Of Barton Road Winscombe BS25 1DU
Received 14 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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