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.
7,048 approved · 926 refused · 400 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Felton Street Felton BS40 9YL
Received 4 Sept 202392 Combe Avenue Portishead North Somerset BS20 6JX
Received 4 Sept 2023Avon View Cottage Burwalls Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PT
Received 4 Sept 2023Land Farm Puxton Road Hewish BS24 6UE
Received 4 Sept 2023Rusling House Rusling Lane Butcombe BS40 7XQ
Received 5 Sept 2023Broadstone Silver Street Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QE
Received 5 Sept 202331 All Saints Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2NW
Received 5 Sept 2023Land East Of North End North End Road Yatton North Somerset
Received 4 Sept 202324 Tennyson Avenue Clevedon BS21 7UJ
Received 5 Sept 202350 Engine Lane Nailsea BS48 4RL
Received 5 Sept 202310 St Marys Road Portishead Bristol BS20 6QW
Received 5 Sept 2023Flat 1 Emberholme 28 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QQ
Received 5 Sept 202372 Eastcliff Portishead BS20 7AD
Received 6 Sept 2023Land East Of Wood Lane Wood Lane Clapton-in-Gordano
Received 6 Sept 2023Orchard Lodge Manor Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RS
Received 6 Sept 202315 Keedwell Hill Long Ashton BS41 9DP
Received 6 Sept 202325 The Perrings Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4YQ
Received 7 Sept 202320 Wren Gardens Portishead BS20 7PQ
Received 7 Sept 2023Winston Hotel Bristol Road Churchill BS25 5NL
Received 6 Sept 20234A Woodside Gardens Portishead BS20 8EQ
Received 6 Sept 2023Mast Off Old Weston Road Congresbury BS49 5EB
Received 6 Sept 202345 Mayfield Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS22 6AA
Received 7 Sept 2023Haverson Barn Winterhead Bristol Road Winscombe
Received 7 Sept 202393 Elm Tree Road Locking BS24 8EL
Received 7 Sept 2023Records 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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