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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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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,191 approved · 938 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Valley Way Road Nailsea BS48 1HQ
Received 25 Sept 2023Flat 1, 10 Clarence Road East Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4BS
Received 25 Sept 2023Ground Floor 65 Severn Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DR
Received 25 Sept 2023The Uplands Nailsea North Somerset
Received 25 Sept 202341 Bryant Gardens Clevedon BS21 5HE
Received 25 Sept 202332 Grove Road Milton Weston-super-Mare BS22 8HE
Received 25 Sept 2023Old Mortuary Building Located Directly East Of The Student Barn And West Of The Dolberry Building Bristol Veterinary School Stock Lane Langford Churchill
Received 25 Sept 2023Old Mortuary Building Located Directly East Of The Student Barn And West Of The Dolberry Building Bristol Veterinary School Stock Lane Langford Churchill
Received 25 Sept 2023Sud Building 22A Griffin Road Clevedon BS21 6HH
Received 25 Sept 2023Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0AU
Received 21 Sept 2023168 - 228 Newfoundland Way Portishead
Received 25 Sept 2023139 Totterdown Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4LW
Received 26 Sept 202353 Nutwell Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6EW
Received 26 Sept 20233 Edinburgh Place Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QL
Received 26 Sept 2023Kingcott Farm Gatcombe Mill Lane Flax Bourton BS48 3QU
Received 21 Sept 2023Clevedon Lodge Tyntesfield Wraxall BS48 1PA
Received 26 Sept 202310 Harptree Close Nailsea BS48 4YT
Received 26 Sept 20238 Beaumont Close Weston-super-Mare BS23 4LL
Received 25 Sept 202355 Westward Drive Pill BS20 0JW
Received 25 Sept 2023Former Burrington Inn And Garden Centre The Combe Burrington BS40 7AT
Received 25 Sept 2023Weston College Knightstone Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2AL
Received 26 Sept 2023Land Near Manor Cottage Backwell North Somerset BS48 3BE
Received 26 Sept 2023Weston General Hospital Grange Road, Uphill Weston-super-Mare BS23 4TQ
Received 26 Sept 2023Homefield Cottage Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XR
Received 26 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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