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7,045 approved · 926 refused · 400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Abbey Towers East Street Banwell BS29 6BW
Received 25 Aug 2023Abbey Towers East Street Banwell BS29 6BW
Received 25 Aug 202316 Stafford Place Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QZ
Received 25 Aug 2023Plot A5 At Junction Of Beaufighter Road And Cross Road Weston Business Quarter Weston-super-Mare BS24 8EE
Received 25 Aug 202314 Grafton Lodge Battery Lane Portishead BS20 7JD
Received 25 Aug 20233 Beach Road West Portishead North Somerset BS20 7HR
Received 29 Aug 2023Perceval Place Nailsea Court Chelvey Road Chelvey Nailsea BS48 4DL
Received 29 Aug 20231 Silvercraig Mansions South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2LT
Received 29 Aug 2023Land To South West Of Back Lane And Middle Lane Kingston Seymour
Received 29 Aug 202330 High Street Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1JE
Received 29 Aug 2023Falklands Tower House Lane Wraxall BS48 1JR
Received 29 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To The Grange Smallway Congresbury
Received 29 Aug 202310 Dial Lane Felton BS40 9YD
Received 25 Aug 2023Hannah More House Church Street Blagdon BS40 7RY
Received 29 Aug 2023Hannah More House Church Street Blagdon BS40 7RY
Received 29 Aug 2023Hales Farm Tickenham Hill Tickenham North Somerset BS21 6SW
Received 29 Aug 20234 Woodland Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4HE
Received 29 Aug 2023Hydrex Training Yard Harbour Road Trading Estate Portishead North Somerset BS20 7AT
Received 29 Aug 2023Land At Highridge Farm Oxleaze Lane Dundry BS41 8JZ
Received 29 Aug 2023Gatcombe Farm Industrial Estate West Hay Road Wrington Bristol BS40 5GF
Received 29 Aug 2023Pavement Outside Car Wash 85 New Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6AJ
Received 29 Aug 2023Pavement Outside 15 Albert Road Clevedon BS21 7RP
Received 29 Aug 20234 Linkside Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7DD
Received 30 Aug 202367 Dial Hill Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7ER
Received 30 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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