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.
7,357 approved · 956 refused · 414 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Kielder Drive Weston-super-Mare BS22 9HJ
Received 5 Mar 202413 - 14 Claremont Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ED
Received 6 Mar 20244 Amberlands Close Backwell North Somerset BS48 3LW
Received 6 Mar 2024The Coach House Barton Road Winscombe BS25 1DP
Received 6 Mar 20241B Gallagher Retail Park Marchfields Way Weston-super-Mare BS23 3YY
Received 6 Mar 20241 Plover Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 8XB
Received 6 Mar 2024Land To The South Of Locking Head Drove Locking
Received 4 Mar 202413 - 14 Claremont Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ED
Received 6 Mar 202460 Kewstoke Road Kewstoke BS22 9YF
Received 7 Mar 2024Land To The South Of Bristol Road Wraxall
Received 7 Mar 2024Land North Of Banwell West Of Wolvershill Road And East Of Summer Lane Banwell
Received 6 Mar 20247 Channel Road Clevedon BS21 7BY
Received 7 Mar 2024Elmfield Cottage Bristol Road Churchill BS25 5NL
Received 7 Mar 2024254 Down Road Portishead BS20 8HY
Received 7 Mar 2024159 Merlin Park Portishead BS20 8RL
Received 7 Mar 2024Kenn Pier Farm Kenn Pier Kenn BS21 6UD
Received 7 Mar 2024Land To The South Of Netherton Wood Lane Nailsea
Received 7 Mar 2024Telecommunication Mast Havyatt Green Farm Copthorn Lane Wrington
Received 8 Mar 2024Land Opposite Sandford Methodist Church Hill Road Sandford Winscombe BS25 5RH
Received 8 Mar 20245 Robin Drive Hutton BS24 9RY
Received 8 Mar 2024The Bungalow Court Lane Clevedon BS21 6TE
Received 8 Mar 20245 The Spinney Wetlands Lane Portishead BS20 6RJ
Received 7 Mar 2024Copse Road Chapel Seavale Road Clevedon BS21 7QB
Received 8 Mar 2024Copse Road Chapel Seavale Road Clevedon BS21 7QB
Received 8 Mar 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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