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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,177 approved · 937 refused · 408 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Thatchers Cider Company Ltd Myrtle Farm Station Road Sandford BS25 5RA
Received 19 Sept 2023Plot A7 Weston Business Quarter Plot Beaufighter Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 19 Sept 202358 Hillside Road Portishead BS20 8JR
Received 19 Sept 202319 Dennyview Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3RD
Received 19 Sept 202321 Stanshalls Lane Felton North Somerset BS40 9UQ
Received 19 Sept 202345 Walton Road Clevedon BS21 6AG
Received 20 Sept 2023Overwood Burwalls Burwalls Road Leigh Woods BS8 3DS
Received 18 Sept 20234 Butts Orchard Wrington BS40 5DR
Received 18 Sept 2023Langford Green Farm Bath Road Burrington BS40 5DG
Received 19 Sept 2023The Old Dairy 24 Clevedon Road Tickenham North Somerset BS21 6RA
Received 20 Sept 202371A High Street Yatton BS49 4DW
Received 20 Sept 202391 Church Lane Backwell North Somerset BS48 3JW
Received 20 Sept 20235 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3BY
Received 20 Sept 2023Learning And Community Sport @Worle Trust At Worle 58 New Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6AQ
Received 20 Sept 2023The Old Kings Head 19 The Scaurs Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 6QR
Received 20 Sept 202321 Sercombe Park Clevedon North Somerset BS21 5BA
Received 20 Sept 202320 Sercombe Park Clevedon North Somerset BS21 5BA
Received 20 Sept 2023Flat 4, 3 Woodlands Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7QD
Received 20 Sept 2023Flat 1 3 Woodlands Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7QD
Received 20 Sept 202313 Grove Park Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2LW
Received 20 Sept 2023First, Second And Third Floors 6 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UG
Received 20 Sept 2023Hill View Barn Bath Road Blagdon Bristol BS40 7TH
Received 21 Sept 2023The Forge Rhodyate Blagdon Bristol BS40 7TP
Received 21 Sept 202369 South Road Portishead BS20 7DY
Received 21 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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