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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.
7,341 approved · 955 refused · 412 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Birdcombe Court Barn Tower House Lane Wraxall BS48 1JR
Received 15 Feb 2024Mead Moor Ham Lane Yatton BS49 4QL
Received 16 Feb 202415 Wrangle Farm Green Clevedon BS21 5DR
Received 16 Feb 202431 Broom Farm Close Nailsea BS48 4YJ
Received 16 Feb 202410 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1AU
Received 16 Feb 202432 Pilgrims Way Weston-super-Mare BS22 9EQ
Received 16 Feb 2024Pantiles Street End Lane Blagdon BS40 7TW
Received 16 Feb 2024Portishead Cruising Club Pump Square Pill BS20 0BG
Received 16 Feb 202467 Fennel Road Portishead BS20 7AR
Received 19 Feb 2024Mendip Cottage 24 The Scaurs Weston-super-Mare BS22 6QP
Received 19 Feb 2024Mendip Cottage 24 The Scaurs Weston-super-Mare BS22 6QP
Received 19 Feb 202416 Pilgrims Way Weston-super-Mare BS22 9EQ
Received 19 Feb 202492 Combe Avenue Portishead BS20 6JX
Received 19 Feb 202434 High Street Yatton BS49 4JA
Received 16 Jan 202424 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3HH
Received 19 Feb 2024Portishead Branch Line, Between Portishead in North Somerset and Ashton Junction, Bristol
Received 19 Feb 2024Chayfern High Street Blagdon BS40 7TQ
Received 19 Feb 2024Field To The South Of Laurel Place Farm New Road Churchill
Received 16 Feb 2024Land To North Of Noah's Ark Zoo Farm Whitehouse Lane Wraxall
Received 19 Feb 2024Stables At Pinchay Lane Winford
Received 19 Feb 2024Weston-super-Mare Museum Burlington Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1PR
Received 19 Feb 202467 Old Church Road Uphill Weston-super-Mare BS23 4XL
Received 19 Feb 2024Banwell House Wolvershill Road Banwell BS29 6DG
Received 19 Feb 202483 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare BS23 2TS
Received 19 Feb 2024Records 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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