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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.
7,241 approved · 948 refused · 410 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Departure Concourse Bristol International Airport North Side Road Felton BS48 3DY
Received 20 Nov 2023Christ Church C Of E Primary Baker Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 3AF
Received 20 Nov 202310 Royal Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2AX
Received 20 Nov 2023Fern Court Bleadon Hill Weston-super-Mare BS24 9JX
Received 20 Nov 2023Blagdon Water Garden Centre Bath Road Langford BS40 5DN
Received 20 Nov 202312 Stoneyfields Easton-in-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0LT
Received 20 Nov 2023Flat 8 13 Sunnyside Road Clevedon BS21 7TE
Received 20 Nov 2023Land To Rear Of 3 Butts Orchard Wrington BS40 5DR
Received 21 Nov 2023Mere Green Glen Avenue Abbots Leigh BS8 3SD
Received 21 Nov 2023Tin Barn Red Hill Redhill Bristol BS40 5TE
Received 21 Nov 2023West Cottage Littleton Lane Winford North Somerset BS40 8HF
Received 21 Nov 2023St Christophers Court Wellington Terrace Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7PY
Received 21 Nov 20239 Seaview Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8HJ
Received 22 Nov 2023Woodleigh Cottage Vicarage Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PH
Received 22 Nov 202357 Old Park Road Clevedon BS21 7JW
Received 22 Nov 2023Tree Tops Manor Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RT
Received 22 Nov 2023Verdi Cars Weston Road Long Ashton Bristol BS48 3QS
Received 22 Nov 20231 Folleigh Lane And 91/93 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9HZ
Received 22 Nov 2023Dolphins 1 Folleigh Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9HZ
Received 22 Nov 2023Spring Lane Dundry North Somerset
Received 21 Nov 2023Glen Farm Sandy Lane Lower Failand North Somerset BS8 3SE
Received 22 Nov 2023Flat 1 68 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4BG
Received 23 Nov 20231 Kewstoke Road Kewstoke
Received 22 Nov 2023Purn Villa Purn Way Bleadon BS24 0QE
Received 23 Nov 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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