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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.
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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 dates11,021Searchable applications
498Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 8,296 approved or refused records
955Refused applications
7,341 approved · 955 refused · 412 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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/0347/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the proposed replacement of existing conservatory with a lean-to style extension.
11 Union Street Nailsea BS48 4BA
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0349/AOC
Discharge of Conditions 15 (Drainage Details) and 20 (Drawings of Proposed Stone Walls and Railing) on application 21/P/1843/FUL
Gatcombe Farm Gatcombe Lane Flax Bourton North Somerset BS48 3QT
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0350/LBC
Listed building consent for the installation of sign to front elevation
32 Waterloo Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1LW
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0351/FUL
Provision of new access ramp and roller shutter door to rear elevation and alteration to glazing at the front of the unit
1B Gallagher Retail Park Marchfields Way Weston-super-Mare BS23 3YY
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0352/ADV
Installation of internally illuminated sign to front elevation
32 Waterloo Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1LW
Received 20 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0353/EA2
Request for a formal scoping opinion to determine the scope of an Environmental Impact Assessment for a future application for a proposed residential led mixed-use development (up to 1500 residential dwellings, a school, retail, business, commercial, food/drink and local community uses) THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Land To East Of Wolvershill Road Banwell
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0355/DCW
Application to discharge Requirements 4 (Submission and approval of detail design), 9 (Highway accesses) and 11 (Surface and foul water drainage) for Stages 1 and 3, Work Nos. 11, 12 and 13 of the Portishead Branch Line (MetroWest Phase 1) Order 2022
Portishead Branch Line, Between Portishead in North Somerset and Ashton Junction, Bristol
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0357/FUH
Proposed removal of existing Juliet balcony and creation of a projecting balcony with supports below in place.
5 Robin Place Portishead BS20 7PX
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0358/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of the erection of 1no. 9m medium wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
27 Gerard Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RE
Received 19 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0359/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of 1no. 9m light wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Outside 33 Boulevard Weston-super-Mare BS23 1PE
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0360/OUT
Outline application with all matters reserved for subsequent approval for the demolition of existing detached garage and outbuildings and erection of 1no. dwelling
Jessamine Cottage Dolemoor Lane Congresbury BS49 5ED
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0361/FUL
Variation of condition 1 of permission 18/P/4445/FUL (Application to vary condition 6 attached to planning permission 1753/85(retail units (non-food) and associated car parking and service areas, construction of a new section of single carriageway) toexpand the sale of goods at Unit 1B at Gallagher Retail Park to include toys and associated products
Gallagher Retail Park Marchfields Way Weston-super-Mare BS23 3YY
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0362/FUL
Variation of condition 1 of permission 18/P/4443/FUL (Application to vary condition 3 attached to planning permission 0932/86 (retail units and associated car parking and service areas, construction of new single carriageway) to expand the sale of goods at Unit 1B at Gallagher Retail Park to include toys and associated products
Gallagher Retail Park Marchfields Way Weston-super-Mare BS23 3YY
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0363/AOC
Request to discharge condition numbers 27 (Public Access) and 28 (Renewable Energy) on application 23/P/0565/FUL
Land South Of Churchland Way And Wolvershill Road Mead Fields Banwell Weston-super-Mare
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0364/AOC
Request to discharge condition numbers 12 (Internal Noise), 15 (Drainage Scheme) and 23 (Bat Lighting) on application 23/P/0365/FUL
Verdi Cars Weston Road Long Ashton Bristol BS48 3QS
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0365/FUL
Proposed roof extension to the rear roof section to increase room provision and the quality. Erection of a single storey extension to the laundry outbuilding to allow the relocation of administration office space and the provision of a staff training facility.
47 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare BS23 2PX
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0366/AOC
Request to discharge condition number 6 (Biodiversity Enhancement) on application 23/P/2071/FUL
Old Mortuary Building Bristol Veterinary School Stock Lane Langford
Received 21 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0367/FUH
Proposed Installation of 12no. Solar panels to West elevation.
Trap House Ham Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XQ
Received 22 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0368/LBC
Proposed Installation of 12no. Solar panels to West elevation.
Trap House Ham Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XQ
Received 22 Feb 2024 - Unknown24/P/0369/TPO
Lift all trees to 4 m to allow maintenance of the grass below.
Station Road Triangle Station Road Nailsea
Received 22 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0370/FUH
Proposed replacement of 9no. existing windows to the front and rear elevations and existing front door with new double glazed units and a new front door.
67 Cambridge Road Clevedon BS21 7BN
Received 22 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0371/FUL
Retrospective application for change of use of agricultural land to residential curtilage including vehicular access and erection of a cycle shed
Atterup Cottage Lower Norton Lane Kewstoke BS22 9YR
Received 22 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0372/FUH
Proposed erection of a first floor side extension over the existing ground floor lean-to with a balcony to the rear at first floor level, new front entrance porch and associated internal and external reconfigurations. Expansion to area of permeable hardstanding for off-road parking provision.
Mythering End 4 Yanleigh Estate Yanley Lane Long Ashton BS41 9LP
Received 22 Feb 2024 - Decided24/P/0373/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of the erection of 1no. 9m medium wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
17 Gerard Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RE
Received 19 Feb 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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