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.
7,042 approved · 926 refused · 400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Angel Meade Ridgeway Road Long Ashton BS41 9ET
Received 14 Aug 20237 Brookside Winford North Somerset BS40 8AB
Received 14 Aug 202319 Downleaze Portishead North Somerset BS20 8BJ
Received 14 Aug 202363 Hill Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PD
Received 14 Aug 202363 Hill Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PD
Received 14 Aug 2023Gatcombe Farm Gatcombe Lane Flax Bourton North Somerset BS48 3QT
Received 14 Aug 202375 Nore Road Portishead BS20 6JZ
Received 14 Aug 2023Sewell House Belmont Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1LQ
Received 14 Aug 202339 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QH
Received 15 Aug 2023Jerome House Front Street Churchill North Somerset BS25 5NG
Received 15 Aug 202326 Caversham Drive Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2UX
Received 15 Aug 2023Maytree Bristol Road Churchill North Somerset BS25 5NL
Received 15 Aug 2023Hill House Bridge Road Leigh Woods Bristol BS8 3PE
Received 15 Aug 202310 Underhill Drive Uphill North Somerset BS23 4TL
Received 15 Aug 2023Junction Of Grove Road And Upper Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8HG
Received 14 Aug 2023Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington BS48 3DY
Received 14 Aug 202333 Barry Close Weston-super-Mare BS24 9NL
Received 15 Aug 2023Pavement On Stafford Road Outside 73 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3DW
Received 15 Aug 2023Unit 30 Portishead Business Park Old Mill Road Portishead Bristol BS20 7BX
Received 15 Aug 2023126 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LS
Received 16 Aug 2023Congresbury FC, Broadstone Playing Field Stonewell Park Road Congresbury
Received 14 Aug 20231 Brendon Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6DJ
Received 15 Aug 2023Pavement On Scott Elm Drive To Rear Of 5 Primrose Gardens West Wick Weston-super-Mare BS24 7PG
Received 15 Aug 2023Land And Building Adj The Grain Barn, Midgell Farm Chelvey Road Chelvey Brockley
Received 16 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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