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.
7,230 approved · 947 refused · 410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42A Milton Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2SL
Received 3 Nov 2023150 Slade Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 6AP
Received 3 Nov 202336 Combe Avenue Portishead North Somerset BS20 6JS
Received 6 Nov 2023Land In Front Of 2 Fairfield Way Backwell BS48 3RQ
Received 6 Nov 20236 Brackenwood Road Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7AB
Received 6 Nov 20233 Farleigh Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3PB
Received 6 Nov 202393 Church Road Worle Weston-super-Mare BS22 9EA
Received 6 Nov 202360 Farleigh Road Backwell North Somerset BS48 3PD
Received 6 Nov 2023Nut Tree Farm Barton Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1DU
Received 6 Nov 2023Walnut Hill Barton Road Winscombe North Somerset BS25 1DR
Received 6 Nov 2023Ardmore Vicarage Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PH
Received 7 Nov 202373 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 4BQ
Received 7 Nov 20231 Gerard Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RE
Received 7 Nov 2023St Martins Church Church Road Worle Weston-super-Mare
Received 7 Nov 2023Backwell United Afc West Town Road Backwell Bristol BS48 3HQ
Received 7 Nov 2023122 Hillside Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8LG
Received 6 Nov 2023Hall The Poplars Easton-in-Gordano North Somerset
Received 7 Nov 202343 Cleeve Hill Road Cleeve BS49 4PH
Received 7 Nov 2023Pegasus Court 83 Silver Street Nailsea North Somerset BS48 2BP
Received 7 Nov 2023Old School House Station Road Congresbury North Somerset BS49 5DX
Received 7 Nov 2023Rosapenna Abbots Leigh Road Leigh Woods North Somerset BS8 3PX
Received 7 Nov 20235 Atlantic Road South Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 7 Nov 2023Archways East Street Banwell North Somerset BS29 6BW
Received 7 Nov 202320 Briar Close Nailsea North Somerset BS48 1QG
Received 7 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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