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.
7,210 approved · 943 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0AU
Received 16 Oct 2023Kingshill Farmhouse 34 North Street Nailsea BS48 4BS
Received 16 Oct 2023Kingshill Farmhouse 34 North Street Nailsea BS48 4BS
Received 16 Oct 2023Portishead Football Club Bristol Road Portishead BS20 6QG
Received 16 Oct 2023Flat 2 27 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QG
Received 17 Oct 2023The Old Rectory Clevedon Road Weston-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 8PZ
Received 17 Oct 202327 Hazell Close Clevedon North Somerset BS21 5AS
Received 17 Oct 202344 Jubilee Way St Georges Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 7RU
Received 17 Oct 20236 Vereland Road Hutton North Somerset BS24 9TE
Received 17 Oct 202322 Hughenden Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2UR
Received 17 Oct 2023Land At Rectory Farm Chescombe Road Yatton North Somerset
Received 18 Oct 2023Flat 3 35 Victoria Road Clevedon BS21 7SB
Received 17 Oct 20238 St James Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1SS
Received 17 Oct 20239 Blakeney Grove Nailsea North Somerset BS48 4RG
Received 18 Oct 2023Happy Days Nursery 6 Whirlwind Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 8EF
Received 18 Oct 2023White Cottage Main Road Flax Bourton BS48 3QX
Received 18 Oct 2023Land At Watercress Farm Bristol Road Wraxall North Somerset
Received 18 Oct 20231 Lodge Drive Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2TY
Received 18 Oct 20232B Landemann Circus Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QE
Received 18 Oct 2023Manesty Duck Lane Kenn North Somerset BS21 6TP
Received 18 Oct 20236 Brean Down Avenue Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4JH
Received 19 Oct 20232 Uphill Road South Uphill North Somerset BS23 4SD
Received 19 Oct 20237 Hillview Gardens Felton BS40 9UH
Received 19 Oct 202362 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4BE
Received 19 Oct 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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