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.
7,241 approved · 948 refused · 410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Beeches Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano North Somerset BS20 7SD
Received 12 Dec 2023Banwell Primary School West Street Banwell BS29 6DB
Received 12 Dec 2023Land At Sidcot Hill Farm Oakridge Lane Winscombe
Received 12 Dec 2023Villa Farm Bristol Road Hewish Puxton BS24 6RQ
Received 12 Dec 202319 Alexandra Parade Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QT
Received 12 Dec 202312 Colliers Walk Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1RG
Received 12 Dec 2023Pavement Outside 15 Albert Road Clevedon BS21 7RP
Received 12 Dec 2023Seaview Forelands 12 Upper Kewstoke Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ER
Received 12 Dec 2023Bells Barn Old Hill Farm Old Hill Winford North Somerset BS40 8DX
Received 13 Dec 20237 Morgan Place Flax Bourton North Somerset BS48 1UJ
Received 13 Dec 2023Barn Adjacent To Stoneycroft House Stock Lane Langford BS40 5EX
Received 12 Dec 2023Former Brackenwood Nurseries 131 Nore Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8DU
Received 13 Dec 2023The Courtyard Leigh Court Business Centre Pill Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RA
Received 13 Dec 202312 Albert Quadrant Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QY
Received 13 Dec 202310 Seymour Close Clevedon BS21 6DU
Received 13 Dec 202328 Channel Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7BY
Received 13 Dec 2023131 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HN
Received 13 Dec 2023Portishead Branch Line, Between Portishead in North Somerset and Ashton Junction, Bristol
Received 13 Dec 2023Portishead Branch Line, Between Portishead in North Somerset and Ashton Junction, Bristol
Received 13 Dec 2023Banwell Bypass Land To North And East Of Banwell Including Mitigation Highway Land In Sandford, Winscombe And Churchill
Received 14 Dec 2023Rownham House Rownham Hill Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PU
Received 14 Dec 202328 And 30 High Street Nailsea BS48 1AU
Received 14 Dec 2023Banwell Bypass Land To North And East Of Banwell Including Mitigation Highway Land In Sandford, Winscombe And Churchill
Received 14 Dec 202338 Brendon Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6DH
Received 13 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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