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.
7,029 approved · 926 refused · 400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton North Somerset
Received 1 Aug 202345 Church Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3QU
Received 1 Aug 202361 Milton Hill Weston-super-Mare BS22 9RE
Received 1 Aug 202311 Ruddymead Clevedon BS21 5EN
Received 2 Aug 202317 Hazell Close Clevedon North Somerset BS21 5AS
Received 2 Aug 2023Fairoak Trendlewood Way Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2TG
Received 2 Aug 20232 Newport Close Portishead BS20 8DD
Received 28 Jul 2023Units 1 And 2 (Ground Floor) 2 Harbour Crescent Portishead BS20 7SX
Received 2 Aug 202341-43 Oxford Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1TN
Received 2 Aug 202320 Worlebury Hill Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9ST
Received 2 Aug 20239 Whitegate Close Bleadon BS24 0PW
Received 3 Aug 2023Flat 4 27 Castle Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7DA
Received 3 Aug 20231 Pyne Point Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7RL
Received 3 Aug 2023133 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9JQ
Received 3 Aug 20235 Harmony Drive Portishead North Somerset BS20 8DH
Received 3 Aug 2023The Old Cottage, Eastfield Main Road Flax Bourton
Received 3 Aug 2023Coach House 2, Eastfield Main Road Flax Bourton
Received 3 Aug 2023139A High Street Portishead North Somerset BS20 6PY
Received 3 Aug 2023Wemberham House Wemberham Lane Yatton BS49 4BT
Received 3 Aug 2023Open Space South Of West Croft Lane Sandford North Somerset
Received 3 Aug 202322 Fitzharding Road Pill North Somerset BS20 0EH
Received 4 Aug 2023Dinghurst Cottage The Batch Churchill North Somerset BS25 5PP
Received 4 Aug 2023101 Ebdon Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6US
Received 4 Aug 2023Mirage 21 Harbour Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7AJ
Received 4 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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