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.
7,034 approved · 926 refused · 400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent Sweet Briar West End Lane Nailsea
Received 7 Aug 2023Pavement Outside 104 Churchill Avenue And Opposite 94 Churchill Avenue Clevedon BS21 6NU
Received 7 Aug 2023Beech Barn Dinghurst Road Churchill Winscombe BS25 5SE
Received 4 Aug 2023Portishead Branch Line, Between Portishead in North Somerset and Ashton Junction, Bristol
Received 7 Aug 2023Bristol And Clifton Golf Club Beggar Bush Lane Failand BS8 3TH
Received 7 Aug 202325 Elm Close Yatton BS49 4EL
Received 7 Aug 2023Hays Cottage Old Hill Winford North Somerset BS40 8DY
Received 8 Aug 202337 Meadway Avenue Nailsea BS48 2DU
Received 8 Aug 2023Pavement Outside 69 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2HY
Received 4 Aug 2023Land At Junction Of Waverley Road And Coniston Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 3RU
Received 8 Aug 202316 Chestnut Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9HR
Received 8 Aug 2023Springfield The Street Regil North Somerset BS40 8BD
Received 8 Aug 2023Battleaxes Inn Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1LQ
Received 8 Aug 2023Battleaxes Inn Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1LQ
Received 8 Aug 2023The Northern Field At The Former Claverham Works Bishops Road Cleeve North Somerset
Received 8 Aug 2023Land Known As The Paddock East Of Rockville Bridge Road Bleadon BS24 0AU
Received 8 Aug 2023Buildings Adjacent To The Hill Ham Link Burrington BS40 7AR
Received 8 Aug 2023Holmleigh Woodlands Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7HF
Received 9 Aug 202360 Rosemount Road Flax Bourton BS48 1UQ
Received 9 Aug 2023Land West Of Wolvershill Road Wolvershill Road Banwell
Received 9 Aug 202331 Old Church Road Clevedon BS21 6NN
Received 27 Jun 2023Vicarage Cottage Vicarage Lane Barrow Gurney BS48 3RT
Received 9 Aug 202315B Crown Glass Place Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1RE
Received 9 Aug 202315B Crown Glass Place Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1RE
Received 9 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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