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7,241 approved · 948 refused · 410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
6 Lewisham Grove Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3JP
Received 13 Dec 2023Ellenborough Park North Weston-super-Mare
Received 14 Dec 2023Ellenborough Park South And Ellenborough Park East Weston-super-Mare
Received 14 Dec 2023Cemetary Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare
Received 14 Dec 2023Buzzard House West Tyntesfield Wraxall North Somerset BS48 1NY
Received 14 Dec 2023Freeway Trust Leigh Court Activity Centre Pill Road Abbots Leigh
Received 14 Dec 2023Outside 14 Prospect Place To Rear Of Addaction, 38 Boulevard Weston-super-Mare
Received 14 Dec 2023Monocot Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SE
Received 14 Dec 2023Sloughpitt Farm Sandford Road Winscombe BS25 1JF
Received 14 Dec 202379 Westbrook Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8JZ
Received 14 Dec 202327 Green Pastures Road Wraxall BS48 1ND
Received 14 Dec 20237 Hillview Gardens Felton BS40 9UH
Received 15 Dec 20233 St Andrews Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3NR
Received 15 Dec 2023110 The Quay Newfoundland Way Portishead North Somerset
Received 15 Dec 2023Barn At Failand Hill Farm Horse Race Lane Failand BS8 3TY
Received 15 Dec 20231 Evergreen Close Winscombe BS25 1JQ
Received 15 Dec 20234A Sandford Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3EY
Received 15 Dec 2023Field Off Maysgreen Lane Hewish BS24 6TR
Received 15 Dec 202333 Beach Road West Portishead BS20 7HX
Received 15 Dec 202365-67 High Street Yatton BS49 4EQ
Received 15 Dec 20232-10 Aller Parade Weston-super-Mare BS24 9DD
Received 15 Dec 2023Land At Parklands Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 15 Dec 202315 Parsons Mead Flax Bourton BS48 1UH
Received 15 Dec 202313 Orchard Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RG
Received 15 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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