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North Somerset Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates11,068Searchable applications
498Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 8,336 approved or refused records
957Refused applications
7,379 approved · 957 refused · 416 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Search for a planningapplicationContact planning Report a breach of planningLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Book our pre-application advice
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas39 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas37 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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More application records
- Decided24/P/0707/LBC
Listed building consent for the proposed replacement of 19no windows and 1no. front door with like for like double glazed windows and new front door to match the existing style. Installation of secondary glazing on 8 windows.
Burwalls Lodge Burwalls Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PT
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0708/FUH
Proposed replacement of existing wooden/wire fencing with 'Estate' steel fencing to the North boundary.
Leigh Lodge 3 Church Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3QP
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0709/LBC
Listed building consent for the proposed replacement of existing wooden/wire fencing with 'Estate' steel fencing to the North boundary.
Leigh Lodge 3 Church Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3QP
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0710/TRCA
1 x Pine to be felled.
45 Clifton Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1BW
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0711/TRCA
Two Silver Birch trees. To be pruned away from the building as they are touching. 1.5 meter clearance
Y Stabl Langford Road Langford BS40 5BL
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0712/AOC
Discharge of Conditions 6 (Construction Method Statement) and 8 (Drainage) on application 21/P/1142/FUL
31 Old Street Clevedon North Somerset BS21 6DA
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0713/FUH
Proposed replacement of the existing entrance gate and adjoining fence panels with reconstituted stone dressed with sandstone and vertical timber fence slats between stone piers.
Truby Tor Roman Road Bleadon BS24 0AB
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0714/FUH
Proposed erection of a front Dormer extension.
8 Cleeve Hill Road Cleeve BS49 4PG
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0716/TRCA
T1. Gladitzia and T2. Willow fell both to ground level.
31 West Street Banwell BS29 6DB
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0717/TPO
T1, T2, and T3 - Ash Trees. All to be felled to ground level, stage 4 ash die back.
The Copse Beechmount Close Weston-super-Mare BS24 9EX
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0718/TRCA
T1 Lime - Reduce crown by 1m. T2 and T3 - Robinia trees - Reduce crowns by upto 1.5m and remove mistletoe.
Yeo Meads High Street Congresbury BS49 5JA
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0719/TRCA
T1 - Holm Oak crown reduction by 1.5m. T2 - Willow crown reduction by 1.5m
7 Landemann Circus Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QE
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0720/TRCA
T1 - Holm Oak fell to ground level
75 Woodhill Road Portishead BS20 7HA
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0721/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey front/side extension to the existing bungalow.
Robins Wood Chelvey Batch Brockley BS48 3AR
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0722/FUL
Conversion and part demolition of agricultural building (Livestock Shed) (Use Class Sui Generis) to create 1 no. 3-bedroom dwelling (Use Class C3), along with demolition of Hay Barn
Land At Junction Of Broadway Oldmixon Road Weston-super-Mare, Hutton
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0723/CM2A
Prior approval for the change of use of previous ground floor restaurant (Use Class E) into 1no. one bedroom flat
103 Upper Bristol Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8DN
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Unknown24/P/0724/TPO
G2 Blackthorn - Whole crown reduction to 3m above ground level, G2 Willows - Whole crown reduction to 3m above ground level, T10 Willows - Whole crown reduction to 4m above ground level, G3 Willows - Whole crown reduction to 4m above ground level.
Land At Well Park Congresbury
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0725/FUH
Proposed erection of single storey extensions to the front and side, new external doors to 2no. rear bedrooms and associated steps, and off-white render to walls.
18 Drakes Way Portishead BS20 6LB
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0726/TRCA
Pine Tree - trim to boundary with neighbouring property
4C Gardens Road Clevedon BS21 7QG
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0727/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey extension to the East elevation alongside canopies to the front and rear. erection of a first floor extension to the South elevation and expansion of existing hard standing.
Conygar Cottage Nortons Wood Lane Clevedon BS21 7AE
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0728/FUH
Proposed erection of a first floor side extension over the existing garage.
87 The Downs Portishead BS20 6EE
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0729/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of 2no. 10m poles. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Land Opposite No's 14 And 19 South Croft Winscombe BS25 1JW
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0730/LDP
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed conversion of the existing garage into an habitable room with internal structural alterations.
23 The Crescent Backwell BS48 3NL
Received 10 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0731/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of 1no. 9m wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
Land O/S Green Acres Hill Road Sandford BS25 5RJ
Received 8 Apr 2024
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What these statistics cover
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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