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.
7,212 approved · 944 refused · 408 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Glebe Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9LH
Received 19 Oct 2023Redcliffe Bay Land On Weston Lodge Farm Off Down Road Portishead
Received 19 Oct 2023Oakleigh Bridge Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PB
Received 19 Oct 202314 Oldville Avenue Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6HG
Received 19 Oct 202349A Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2PX
Received 19 Oct 20231A Elm Tree Road Locking BS24 8DN
Received 19 Oct 20233 Brae Rise Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1LW
Received 19 Oct 20234A Blackmoor Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RQ
Received 20 Oct 20235 Highdale Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7LW
Received 20 Oct 202322 Station Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3NH
Received 20 Oct 2023Stepstones Farm Half Yard Langford BS40 5HS
Received 19 Oct 2023Cypress Farm Wick Road Wick St Lawrence BS22 7YR
Received 20 Oct 202333 Beechwood Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8ER
Received 20 Oct 2023Innock House Chew Road Winford North Somerset BS40 8EZ
Received 20 Oct 2023Behind The Parking Bays Opposite 1 Bishop Path Apartment Block 4 (Plots 90-101) Locking North Somerset
Received 20 Oct 2023Sportsground Clevedon Road Failand Long Ashton BS8 3TL
Received 20 Oct 20235 Rose Hill Portishead North Somerset BS20 6BF
Received 23 Oct 202365 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS41 9HW
Received 23 Oct 20234A Woodside Gardens Portishead North Somerset BS20 8EQ
Received 20 Oct 2023East End House Nowhere Lane Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2PT
Received 23 Oct 20235 The Cornfields Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9DY
Received 23 Oct 2023Etex Building Performance Ltd Redland Avenue Easton-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 0FB
Received 23 Oct 2023Land South Of Knightcott Road Banwell
Received 23 Oct 2023Land At Congresbury Bridge (West Of The A370 And To The North Of The River Yeo) Bristol Road Congresbury
Received 23 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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