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7,230 approved · 947 refused · 410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Mead Lane Sandford
Received 7 Nov 202314 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QQ
Received 7 Nov 2023Land At Parklands Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 7 Nov 2023Land At Moor Road Yatton
Received 7 Nov 202314A Hillcrest Road Portishead North Somerset BS20 8HS
Received 7 Nov 202323 Gerard Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 2RE
Received 7 Nov 2023Brookfield Walk Playing Fields Brookfield Walk Clevedon North Somerset
Received 7 Nov 202328 Oakleigh Close Backwell BS48 3JU
Received 6 Nov 20238 Pound Mead Felton North Somerset BS40 9XZ
Received 8 Nov 2023High Wood House 20 Manilla Place Weston-super-Mare BS23 2BS
Received 8 Nov 20236 St James Street Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1SS
Received 8 Nov 2023Hannah More House Church Street Blagdon BS40 7RY
Received 8 Nov 20239 Barrow Court Barrow Court Lane Barrow Gurney North Somerset BS48 3RP
Received 9 Nov 202311 Woodland Glade Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6AL
Received 9 Nov 2023Jellalabad Ladye Bay Clevedon North Somerset BS21 7BU
Received 9 Nov 20238 Chestnut Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS22 6RQ
Received 9 Nov 2023Portland Moor Lane Backwell BS48 3LL
Received 9 Nov 2023King George V Playing Field Meetinghouse Lane Claverham North Somerset BS49 4PB
Received 9 Nov 202366A Clifton Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1BW
Received 9 Nov 2023Old Manor Inn Newtons Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS22 9LP
Received 9 Nov 2023Weston Woods Reservoir Weston Woods Upper Kewstoke Road Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
Received 8 Nov 2023Clematis Cottage Clevedon Road Weston-In-Gordano North Somerset BS20 8PR
Received 9 Nov 2023Willow Farm Ebdon Lane Weston-super-Mare BS22 7YA
Received 9 Nov 202381 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3DW
Received 9 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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