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7,028 approved · 926 refused · 399 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Manor Close Portishead North Somerset BS20 8NX
Received 27 Jul 20232 North Lane Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QR
Received 25 Jul 202363 Byron Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3XA
Received 27 Jul 2023Units 1 And 2 Red Lodge Business Park Warleys Lane Weston-super-Mare BS24 7TN
Received 27 Jul 2023317 Nore Road Portishead BS20 8EN
Received 27 Jul 2023Mantilla Front Street Churchill North Somerset BS25 5NG
Received 27 Jul 2023The Hyall Lye Hole Lane Redhill North Somerset BS40 5RN
Received 27 Jul 2023Guild House Greenhill Road Sandford North Somerset BS25 5PH
Received 28 Jul 2023Willow Cottage Rookery Close Kingston Seymour BS21 6XY
Received 28 Jul 2023Stonehurst Batch Claverham Drove Lower Claverham BS49 4PX
Received 28 Jul 202340 Church Town Backwell North Somerset BS48 3JF
Received 28 Jul 202350 Turnbury Avenue Nailsea BS48 2UU
Received 28 Jul 202341 Burnham Drive Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 9LN
Received 27 Jul 202363 Church Lane Backwell BS48 3JJ
Received 28 Jul 2023Orion House Brockley Lane Brockley North Somerset BS48 4AH
Received 31 Jul 202318 Cleeve Hill Road Cleeve North Somerset BS49 4PG
Received 31 Jul 202331 Somerton Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6JR
Received 31 Jul 20231 Marine Hill Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PW
Received 31 Jul 202317 Hart Close Pill North Somerset BS20 0BY
Received 31 Jul 202366A Clifton Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1BW
Received 31 Jul 202326 Derham Park Yatton BS49 4DZ
Received 31 Jul 2023Land To The South Of Dolemoor Lane Congresbury North Somerset
Received 31 Jul 2023Land Adjacent Sweet Briar West End Lane Nailsea North Somerset
Received 31 Jul 202327 Clarence Grove Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4AG
Received 1 Aug 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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