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.
7,223 approved · 946 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington BS48 3DY
Received 26 Oct 202362 High Street Portishead BS20 6EH
Received 26 Oct 20235 Rock Road Yatton North Somerset BS49 4JE
Received 26 Oct 2023Praxair Surface Technology Oldmixon Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS24 9AX
Received 26 Oct 202336 Oldville Avenue Clevedon BS21 6HG
Received 26 Oct 2023Land At North Drove Nailsea Wall Kenn
Received 26 Oct 2023Land West Of Travellers Rest Maysgreen Lane Hewish
Received 26 Oct 2023Heath Farm Fryth Way Nailsea BS48 2AS
Received 27 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To 79 Providence Lane Long Ashton North Somerset
Received 27 Oct 2023Land South Of The Uplands Nailsea
Received 27 Oct 202323 Ellesmere Road Uphill North Somerset BS23 4UT
Received 30 Oct 2023Sand Farm Caravan Site Sand Farm Lane Kewstoke North Somerset
Received 30 Oct 202319A Old Street Clevedon BS21 6ND
Received 30 Oct 2023Outside 4 Melbourne Terrace Clevedon BS21 6HQ
Received 27 Oct 2023Craigfoot 55 South Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2LU
Received 30 Oct 2023Mendip Activity Centre Lyncombe Drive Sandford Winscombe BS25 5PQ
Received 30 Oct 2023Open Space Bibury Close Nailsea
Received 30 Oct 2023Telephone Exchange Boulevard Weston-super-Mare BS23 1PQ
Received 30 Oct 2023Land At The End Of Wharf Lane Portbury
Received 30 Oct 2023Land Opposite Bunds Bristol Road Congresbury
Received 30 Oct 2023Portishead Branch Line, Between Portishead in North Somerset and Ashton Junction, Bristol
Received 30 Oct 20239 Barrow Lane Winford BS40 8AG
Received 30 Oct 2023Oakhurst North Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PN
Received 30 Oct 2023Cowslip Corner Brinsea Lane Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5JW
Received 31 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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