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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7,241 approved · 948 refused · 410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Broadoak Academy Windwhistle Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4NP
Received 1 Dec 2023Bolt Office Suite - St Andrews (2nd Floor) 8 Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7NG
Received 1 Dec 20231 Warren Lane Long Ashton BS41 9DA
Received 1 Dec 2023Land To The West Of Orchard House North End Road Yatton
Received 1 Dec 20231 Southview Close Hutton North Somerset BS24 9SW
Received 1 Dec 20235 Station Road St Georges Weston-super-Mare BS22 7XH
Received 4 Dec 202320 Woodhill Road Portishead BS20 7EU
Received 4 Dec 2023Land East Of Hillview Greenhill Lane Sandford North Somerset
Received 4 Dec 202356 Caswell Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7RT
Received 4 Dec 20236 Coleridge Vale Road West Clevedon BS21 6PF
Received 4 Dec 20237 Trenchard Road Locking North Somerset BS24 7AH
Received 4 Dec 202320 Rectory Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QB
Received 4 Dec 2023The Coach House Barton Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1DP
Received 4 Dec 2023Four Gables Netherton Wood Lane Nailsea BS48 4NW
Received 4 Dec 2023Four Gables Netherton Wood Lane Nailsea BS48 4NW
Received 4 Dec 20238 Rhyne View Nailsea BS48 2FY
Received 4 Dec 2023Langford House Langford Road Langford North Somerset BS40 5DU
Received 4 Dec 2023Loxton Lea Sevier Road Loxton BS26 2XE
Received 4 Dec 2023Seafield Court 51 South Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 4 Dec 20234 Brocks Lane Long Ashton BS41 9HN
Received 5 Dec 2023National Nautical School Nore Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8EJ
Received 5 Dec 2023Overton Court 3 Bracken Hill North Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PL
Received 5 Dec 2023Deerwood Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SA
Received 5 Dec 20239 Longton Grove Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1LS
Received 4 Dec 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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