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.
7,228 approved · 947 refused · 409 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25A Southside Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2QU
Received 31 Oct 2023Valley View Weston Road Long Ashton North Somerset BS48 3QS
Received 31 Oct 202323 Clevedon Road Failand North Somerset BS8 3UG
Received 31 Oct 2023Bridgefoot Farm Kingston Bridge Clevedon BS21 6TX
Received 31 Oct 20235 Woodland Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4HE
Received 31 Oct 2023130 Main Road Cleeve North Somerset BS49 4PW
Received 31 Oct 20236 Ash Grove Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7JS
Received 31 Oct 2023Land Off Chapel Pill Lane Pill
Received 31 Oct 2023Land At Woodfield 10 Dark Lane Banwell BS29 6BP
Received 31 Oct 2023Easter Barn Yewtree Batch Butcombe North Somerset BS40 7XG
Received 31 Oct 202342B Rodney Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3HW
Received 31 Oct 202329 Clarence Road North Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4AW
Received 31 Oct 202318 Rock Road Yatton North Somerset BS49 4JE
Received 1 Nov 2023Land To The West Of Engine Lane Nailsea
Received 31 Oct 2023Hm Coroner Public Mortuary Court House Old Weston Road Flax Bourton North Somerset BS48 1UL
Received 1 Nov 202312 Manor Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2SS
Received 1 Nov 2023Land Opposite 2 Catley Grove Catley Grove Long Ashton
Received 1 Nov 2023119 The Deans Portishead North Somerset BS20 6DZ
Received 1 Nov 202329B Clarence Road North Weston-super-Mare BS23 4AW
Received 1 Nov 2023Verdi Cars Weston Road Long Ashton Bristol BS48 3QR
Received 1 Nov 2023172 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 3LU
Received 1 Nov 2023Saffron House Prospect Place Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1PH
Received 1 Nov 2023Formal House Oldmixon Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS24 9AY
Received 1 Nov 20233 Manor Way Failand North Somerset BS8 3UY
Received 2 Nov 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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