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.
7,045 approved · 926 refused · 400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement Outside 62 Bristol Road Lower On Landemann Circus Weston-super-Mare BS23 2PU
Received 18 Aug 202323 Flamingo Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS22 8XN
Received 18 Aug 202325 Moorside Yatton BS49 4RL
Received 18 Aug 202315 Beechwood Avenue Locking North Somerset BS24 8DS
Received 18 Aug 2023Pine Trees Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SB
Received 18 Aug 2023Pavement Outside 49 Orchard Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RH
Received 18 Aug 2023133 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RF
Received 18 Aug 2023Portishead Quays Marina Newfoundland Way Portishead North Somerset BS20 7DF
Received 18 Aug 202326 Wooler Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3AR
Received 18 Aug 2023Pavement Outside 5 Southside Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QS
Received 18 Aug 202377 Providence Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9DL
Received 18 Aug 2023Hall The Poplars Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset
Received 21 Aug 2023Land At Locking Parklands Locking Moor Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 18 Aug 2023Land And Building West Of Oakacre Bristol Road Hewish
Received 18 Aug 202368 Clevedon Road Tickenham North Somerset BS21 6RD
Received 21 Aug 2023The New House Shrubbery Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2JH
Received 21 Aug 2023Congresbury FC Broadstone Playing Field Stonewell Park Road Congresbury BS49 5DN
Received 21 Aug 202359 - 63 Weston Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9AA
Received 21 Aug 2023Churchill Road Business Centre Churchill Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3HD
Received 21 Aug 2023The Stable 5 Nippors Way Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1HF
Received 21 Aug 202353 The Lynch Winscombe BS25 1AR
Received 22 Aug 20234 Hazelbury Road Nailsea BS48 2JF
Received 22 Aug 2023Glen Orchy Lake Road Portishead BS20 7JA
Received 22 Aug 2023Glen Orchy Lake Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 7JA
Received 22 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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