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.
7,037 approved · 926 refused · 400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Watercress Farm Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1NE
Received 9 Aug 20234 Parsonage Road Long Ashton BS41 9LL
Received 10 Aug 2023Lampley Farm Kingston Bridge Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6TX
Received 10 Aug 2023First Floor 56 High Street Portishead BS20 6EL
Received 9 Aug 2023South Hill Farm Bridgwater Road Bleadon BS24 0BD
Received 9 Aug 202322 Verbena Way Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 6RH
Received 9 Aug 202339 Park Road Congresbury BS49 5HJ
Received 10 Aug 2023Land At Ebdon Road Adjacent To Crematorium Entrance Weston-super-Mare BS22 9NY
Received 10 Aug 2023234 Down Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8HU
Received 10 Aug 2023Banwell House Wolvershill Road Banwell North Somerset BS29 6DG
Received 10 Aug 2023Wessex Water Water Recycling Centre Wayacre Drove Off Accommodation Road Bleadon
Received 8 Aug 2023Kingston Seymour Water Recycling Centre Back Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6UY
Received 8 Aug 2023The Hurst Riverside Banwell
Received 11 Aug 202338A Montpelier Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RJ
Received 11 Aug 20239 Ellenborough Park North Weston-super-Mare BS23 1XH
Received 11 Aug 2023Land To East Of Barton Rocks Barton Road Winscombe
Received 11 Aug 2023Flat 1 59 South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2LU
Received 14 Aug 20231 The Retreat Camp Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2EN
Received 14 Aug 20232 The Retreat Camp Road Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2EN
Received 14 Aug 20234 Scott Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3XH
Received 14 Aug 2023Duck Pond Barn Clevedon Road Weston-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 8PZ
Received 14 Aug 2023Prospect Cottage 5 Hutton Hill Hutton North Somerset BS24 9SX
Received 14 Aug 202312 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UG
Received 14 Aug 2023Flat 4 19 Montpelier Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RJ
Received 14 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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