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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7,020 approved · 924 refused · 398 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gowan Croft Church Lane Lower Failand North Somerset BS8 3SP
Received 17 Jul 2023East Courtyard Room And West Courtyard Room 21 Ellenborough Park North Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 17 Jul 202367 Church Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3QU
Received 18 Jul 202346 Bluebell Road Wick St Lawrence North Somerset BS22 9QJ
Received 17 Jul 2023Land To Rear Of Poppy Cottage Wick Road Wick St Lawrence
Received 18 Jul 2023Flat 5 4 Elton Road Clevedon BS21 7RA
Received 18 Jul 2023St Marys House Langford Road Langford North Somerset BS40 5HU
Received 18 Jul 2023St Marys House Langford Road Langford North Somerset BS40 5HU
Received 18 Jul 202352 Ridgeway Nailsea BS48 2EF
Received 18 Jul 20233 The Old Chapel Street End Blagdon North Somerset BS40 7TL
Received 17 Jul 20231 Uphill Road North Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4NE
Received 18 Jul 2023Ebdon Lodge 308 High Street Worle Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 6JP
Received 18 Jul 20231 Overhill Pill North Somerset BS20 0JZ
Received 18 Jul 202323 Brean Down Avenue Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4JQ
Received 19 Jul 202351 Charlton Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4HG
Received 19 Jul 2023Pavement Adjacent To 1 Field View Cleeve North Somerset
Received 7 Jul 2023Land At New Farm Clevedon Lane Clapton-in-Gordano North Somerset
Received 6 Jul 2023Land At Worle Station Car Park Parkway Weston-super-Mare
Received 6 Jul 202321 Bleadon Hill Weston-super-Mare BS24 9JD
Received 19 Jul 2023Foxglove Cottage 2 Lower Kewstoke Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9JA
Received 18 Jul 2023Avon And Somerset Police Head Quarters Valley Road Portishead BS20 8JJ
Received 6 Jul 202340 Trewartha Park Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RT
Received 19 Jul 202336 Lindsey Close Portishead North Somerset BS20 8RR
Received 19 Jul 20231 Landemann Path Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QN
Received 19 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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