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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7,241 approved · 948 refused · 410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Star Inn Rhodyate Hill Bristol BS49 5AJ
Received 7 Dec 20231 Gatcombe Croft Wrington Bristol BS40 5AX
Received 7 Dec 2023Monocot Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SE
Received 7 Dec 2023Wych Elm Martcombe Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QE
Received 8 Dec 2023Dear Leap Farm Knightcott Road Banwell
Received 8 Dec 2023Opposite 4 Elm Close Yatton North Somerset BS49 4EL
Received 8 Dec 2023The Recreation Gorund Sunnyside Road North Weston-super-Mare BS23 3PA
Received 8 Dec 202316 Hillcrest Road Portishead BS20 8HS
Received 8 Dec 20231 Gatcombe Croft Wrington Bristol North Somerset BS40 5AX
Received 8 Dec 2023Ground Floor 65 Severn Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DR
Received 8 Dec 2023Leigh Warren Bungalow Abbots Leigh Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3QD
Received 8 Dec 2023Unit A2 (Former Europcar) Great Weston / Western Trade Park Aisecome Way Weston-super-Mare BS22 8NA
Received 8 Dec 202376 Knightcott Road Banwell BS29 6HF
Received 8 Dec 2023The Shingles Chelvey Batch Brockley BS48 3BZ
Received 8 Dec 2023Herbert Gardens Herbert Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7ND
Received 11 Dec 2023Old Bakehouse The Triangle Wrington BS40 5LB
Received 11 Dec 202315 Lime Kiln Lane Clevedon BS21 6BX
Received 11 Dec 2023370 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8PN
Received 11 Dec 202396 Devonshire Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4NX
Received 11 Dec 2023O/S 35 Manor Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2SX
Received 11 Dec 202313 Tudor Road Portishead BS20 6UR
Received 11 Dec 2023Land Opposite Trendlewood Way Nailsea
Received 11 Dec 2023218 Mendip Road Yatton BS49 4DG
Received 11 Dec 2023Mufflands Yadley Lane Winscombe BS25 1AX
Received 12 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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