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.
7,028 approved · 926 refused · 399 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Q E H Sports Club Clevedon Road Failand North Somerset BS8 3TN
Received 24 Jul 202327 Clevedon Road Failand North Somerset BS8 3UG
Received 20 Jul 2023Pavement Outside 88 Lower Kewstoke Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9LF
Received 21 Jul 2023The Downs School Charlton Drive Wraxall North Somerset BS48 1PF
Received 24 Jul 2023Northend Farm North End Road Yatton BS49 4AS
Received 24 Jul 2023Clarence House Greystoke Business Centre High Street Portishead North Somerset BS20 6PY
Received 25 Jul 202314 The Avenue Backwell North Somerset BS48 3NB
Received 25 Jul 202396 Station Road Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1TG
Received 22 Jul 20236 Marsh Lane Easton-in-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0ND
Received 25 Jul 20235 Ellenborough Crescent Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1XL
Received 25 Jul 2023Squares Church Road Dundry North Somerset BS41 8LH
Received 25 Jul 2023Land Opposite 1 Trendlewood Way Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4TA
Received 25 Jul 2023Collum Farm Collum Lane Kewstoke North Somerset BS22 9YX
Received 25 Jul 2023Pavement Outside 31 Henley Park Yatton BS49 4JJ
Received 25 Jul 202343 Nore Road Portishead BS20 6JY
Received 25 Jul 202339 Old Street Clevedon BS21 6DA
Received 26 Jul 20235 Ellenborough Crescent Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1XL
Received 25 Jul 202312 Paddock Rise Nailsea Bristol North Somerset BS48 4AX
Received 26 Jul 2023Indian Masala Bridgwater Road Bleadon North Somerset BS24 0AN
Received 26 Jul 202382 South Road Portishead BS20 7DY
Received 26 Jul 20234 Goss Lane Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2BD
Received 26 Jul 2023Cedar House High Street Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QD
Received 27 Jul 2023Flat 2B Greystones Lodge Trinity Place Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2HN
Received 27 Jul 2023Overseas Redcliffe Bay Little Halt Portishead North Somerset BS20 8JL
Received 27 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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