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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,191 approved · 938 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Land At Blackstones Fareham Road Bleadon
Received 26 Sept 2023Land North Of Hanham Way/West Of Causeway View Nailsea
Received 25 Sept 20232 Butts Orchard Wrington North Somerset BS40 5DR
Received 26 Sept 20231 Well Lane Yatton North Somerset BS49 4HT
Received 27 Sept 2023Cornerways 1 Hillside West Hutton BS24 9TX
Received 27 Sept 20233 Well Lane Yatton North Somerset BS49 4HT
Received 27 Sept 202359 Worlebury Hill Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9ST
Received 27 Sept 2023Land Off Oxhouse Lane Winford
Received 27 Sept 202319 Colliers Walk Nailsea BS48 1RG
Received 28 Sept 20237 Highfield Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 9LZ
Received 28 Sept 20237 Highfield Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 9LZ
Received 28 Sept 2023Lower Honey Hall Farm Honeyhall Lane Congresbury BS49 5JX
Received 27 Sept 2023Red Cottages Church Road Leigh Woods North Somerset
Received 27 Sept 202368 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RD
Received 28 Sept 202347 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare BS23 2PX
Received 27 Sept 2023Land To North Of Strawberry Stables Iwood Lane Congresbury BS40 5AA
Received 27 Sept 2023Magpie Hill Long Lane Backwell BS48 3BY
Received 27 Sept 2023Richmond House Langford Road Langford North Somerset BS40 5HU
Received 28 Sept 2023Doubletree By Hilton Bristol South Cadbury House Frost Hill Bristol North Somerset BS49 5AD
Received 28 Sept 202331 Garstons Close Wrington North Somerset BS40 5QT
Received 28 Sept 202312 Clifton Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 28 Sept 202319 Silver Street Nailsea BS48 2AQ
Received 29 Sept 202389 - 91 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HJ
Received 29 Sept 20231 Warren Lane Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9DA
Received 29 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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