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.
7,350 approved · 955 refused · 413 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Cypress Gardens Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PS
Received 26 Feb 202425 South Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2HD
Received 26 Feb 2024The Evergreens Retirement Home Abbots Leigh Road Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PX
Received 26 Feb 2024Chestnut Tree House Front Street Churchill BS25 5NG
Received 26 Feb 202423 Grove Park Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2LN
Received 26 Feb 202446 Montpelier Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RN
Received 26 Feb 202415 Frobisher Avenue Portishead BS20 6XB
Received 26 Feb 202463 Cambridge Road Clevedon BS21 7BN
Received 26 Feb 2024Congresbury Scout Hut Mill Lane Congresbury BS49 5JE
Received 26 Feb 202422 Hillcrest Road Portishead BS20 8HP
Received 26 Feb 2024Langford House Langford Road Langford BS40 5HU
Received 26 Feb 20247 The Avenue Clevedon BS21 7EB
Received 26 Feb 2024Gatcombe Farm Gatcombe Lane Flax Bourton North Somerset BS48 3QT
Received 26 Feb 2024The Ashton (Formerly The Dovecote) Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9LX
Received 26 Feb 2024Mill Barn 1 Mill Lane Wrington BS40 5RA
Received 27 Feb 202410 Royal Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2AX
Received 27 Feb 202419 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1EB
Received 27 Feb 2024Yew Tree Cottage 19 Canada Coombe Hutton BS24 9US
Received 23 Feb 2024Etex Building Performance Ltd Redland Avenue Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0FB
Received 27 Feb 20244 Sycamore Queens Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2LG
Received 26 Feb 2024Victoria Lodge 79 Church Road Worle Weston-super-Mare
Received 26 Feb 2024Land Off Cock And Yew Tree Hill Winford
Received 26 Feb 2024The Connors Acre Backwell Common Backwell Bristol BS48 3AD
Received 27 Feb 202431 Sweetgrass Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 7BX
Received 28 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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