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North Somerset Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates10,973Searchable applications
498Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 8,250 approved or refused records
950Refused applications
7,300 approved · 950 refused · 412 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Search for a planningapplicationContact planning Report a breach of planningLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Book our pre-application advice
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas39 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas37 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
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More application records
- Decided24/P/0068/MMA
Minor-Material Amendment to application 22/P/3003/FUL (Demolition of the existing dwelling and erection of a new replacement dwelling, altered access and associated car parking and refuse storage.) to allow for alterations to the footprint of the lower-ground floor and ground floor, revised placement of the rear external staircase, removal of 1no. rooflight at the East elevation, boundary treatment height alterations and the use of aluminium doors and windows.
33 Beach Road West Portishead BS20 7HX
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0069/AOC
Discharge of Condition 5 (Remediation Strategy) on application 22/P/2258/FUH
Nore Farm 5 Riverleaze Portishead Bristol BS20 8EA
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0070/FUH
Proposed erection of a two-storey side extension and single storey front porch.
16 Kennaway Road Clevedon BS21 6JL
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0072/FUL
Application to remove condition 2 attached to planning permission 2655/75 (change of use from Cable and Electric Store to Silk Screen Printing and Sign Writing) to allow for the removal of the requirement restricting the use to Mr R W Harris (Signet Signs), as they no longer operate from or have any interest in the premises.
45 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3HG
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0073/FUL
Conversion and erection of a single storey extension to north elevation of existing dwelling to create 3no. new dwelling units (2no. flats and 1no. house) including associated works
Denny House Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3QY
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0074/FUL
Change of use of 2no. commercial units (Use Class E) to 7no. dwellings (Use Class C3) with alterations to fenestration and other associated works
Units 1 And 2 (Ground Floor) 2 Harbour Crescent Portishead BS20 7SX
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0076/FUH
Proposed erection of a front porch and single storey side extension.
2 Nut Tree Cottages Barton Road Winscombe BS25 1DU
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0077/FUH
Proposed erection of a carport/garage to the South-East of the application site.
Brendon Cottage Wood Hill Congresbury BS49 5AF
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0078/LBC
Listed building consent for proposed alterations to the existing property; works to include:- moving the existing kitchen and utility to the southern end of the property. Alterations to the first floor room plan to increase and improve light and space on the landing. Create a new bedroom, family bathroom and study in rear extension. Re-instate accommodation in main attic and install 2no. conservation rooflights in the rear roof slope and installation of PV panels to South East facing roof slopes.
Walnut Tree House Station Road Blagdon BS40 7TB
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0079/TRCA
T1Lime tree, T2 Beech tree - Fell.
Cowslip Farm Cowslip Lane Loxton BS26 2XF
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0080/AOC
Discharge of Conditions 5 (Construction Method Statement), 6 (Code Level 4) and 7 (Renewable Energy) on application 21/P/2117/FUL
3 Hanham Way Nailsea BS48 2SA
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0081/PIP
Permission in Principle for the erection of up to 9no. residential dwellings
Gas Engineering Services Office And Yard Griffin Road Clevedon BS21 6HH
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0084/FUL
Conversion of existing shed building to 1no. residential dwelling
Green Oak Barn Churchill Green Churchill BS25 5QH
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0086/FUL
Proposed conversion of existing guest house with managers accomodation at the rear including change of rear ground floor window to French doors to provide a self-contained dwelling with associated annexe.
Spreyton Guest House 72 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3EN
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0087/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the siting of a caravan to the rear of the existing dwelling for use as an ancillary annexe.
11 Albert Road Portishead BS20 6PP
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0088/FUL
Removal of the brick/glass shop front and replacement with powder coated aluminium window, bi-fold frames and entrance doors making good raised area and surrounding low level wall
40 - 42 Boulevard Weston-super-Mare BS23 1NF
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0089/NMA
Non material amendment to application 23/P/1768/FUL (Proposed Internal alterations and extending of two story office space within an existing warehouse and external patio area. Installation of additional windows to the front elevation at ground and first floor level and 1 number door on the side elevation regarding cladding of the area between upper and lower windows in the same profile and color to match existing cladding). To allow for the raising of the cill level to the ground floor windows to align with the exisiting.
Portishead Business Park Old Mill Road Portishead BS20 7BX
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0090/FUH
Proposed demolition of existing rear conservatory and extension (north elevation). Erection of a detached garage to the front of the dwelling (south elevation), single storey side extension (west elevation), two storey rear extension (north elevation) and front porch extension. (south elevation) Fenestration alterations including the removal of existing first floor front balcony and creation of bay windows to the ground floor front elevation. Replacement of all existing windows with new and creation of fencing and a gate to the front boundary.
197 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RX
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0091/DCW
Request to discharge Requirements 11 (Surface and foul water drainage) and 24 (Permanent fencing outside of Avon Gorge Woodlands SAC) for stages 1 and 4 of Works No's 1, 1A, 1B and 1C of the Portishead Branch Line (MetroWest Phase 1) Order 2022
Portishead Branch Line, Between Portishead in North Somerset and Ashton Junction, Bristol
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0092/TRCA
T1 Willow reduce crown by up to 3M then maintain as a pollard.
Court Cottage Church Lane Loxton BS26 2XQ
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0093/NMA
Non-Material Amendment to application no. 23/P/1394/FUL (Erection of an aircraft display and maintenance hangar on the site of the previous maintenance and storage building used by The Helicopter Museum) for the repositioning of the double doors with polycarbonate transparent window panels within the side elevation of the building. The removal of the approved sliding doors on the side elevation which will now be clad in materials to match the approved cladding and removal of the horizontal windows and replace with vertical polycarbonate transparent windows on both sides of the building
Helicopter Museum Locking Moor Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 8PP
Received 16 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0094/FUL
Proposed change of use of existing agricultural/forestry worker's dwelling and associated annexe to Offices (Use Class E), including provision of parking, bin and bike storage.
Woodmans Cottage West Hay Road Wrington BS40 5NW
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0095/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of the installation of 1no. 10m wooden light pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Outside 337 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3LY
Received 17 Jan 2024 - Decided24/P/0096/TRCA
T1 Robinia Fell. T2 Willow Fell
31 West Street Banwell BS29 6DB
Received 17 Jan 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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