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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7,241 approved · 948 refused · 410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Albert Road Portishead BS20 6PP
Received 15 Dec 2023Ruslin Farm Rusling Lane Butcombe BS40 7XQ
Received 18 Dec 20232 Cromwell Drive Weston-super-Mare BS22 7UL
Received 18 Dec 202361 Church Lane Backwell BS48 3JJ
Received 18 Dec 2023B And M Bargains Limited The Triangle Clevedon BS21 6HX
Received 15 Dec 202312 Colliers Walk Nailsea BS48 1RG
Received 18 Dec 2023Brinsea Road Farm Brinsea Batch Congresbury BS49 5JP
Received 18 Dec 2023Flavour Palmers Elm Hewish Puxton BS24 6RN
Received 18 Dec 2023Belvedere North Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PN
Received 18 Dec 2023Chestnut Barn Church Lane Loxton BS26 2XQ
Received 18 Dec 2023Flat 1 St Cuthberts Mansions 8 Southside Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QT
Received 19 Dec 202336 Manor Gardens Kewstoke BS22 9XU
Received 19 Dec 202314 The Old Water Gardens Blagdon BS40 7SN
Received 19 Dec 2023High Trees Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano Tickenham BS20 7SA
Received 19 Dec 2023Books On The Hill 20 Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7NZ
Received 18 Dec 202317 Wiltons Wrington BS40 5LS
Received 19 Dec 2023La Rosa Lake Road Portishead BS20 7JA
Received 19 Dec 202375 Nore Road Portishead BS20 6JZ
Received 19 Dec 2023Plas Y Llyn Bell Square Blagdon BS40 7UB
Received 19 Dec 2023Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 19 Dec 2023Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 19 Dec 202340 Ham Green Pill BS20 0HA
Received 19 Dec 2023Brockley Nurseries Main Road Brockley BS48 3AT
Received 19 Dec 202353 St Marks Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 7PL
Received 19 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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