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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
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 dates11,090Searchable applications
498Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 8,349 approved or refused records
960Refused applications
7,389 approved · 960 refused · 417 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
Conservation areas39 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas37 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
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More application records
- Decided24/P/0810/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.
27 Castlewood Close Clevedon BS21 7HR
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0811/FUL
Conversion and extension of existing agricultural building to form 1no. dwelling (Use class C3)
Barn At Mead Farm Mead Lane Sandford BS25 5RG
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0813/FUH
Proposed installation of 3no. rooflights and 1no. sun tunnel alongside the replacement of existing windows and entrance door with new.
1 Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7LN
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0815/AOC
Discharge of Condition 3 (Tree Protection Plan) on application 23/P/2308/FUL
Land South Of Hillside Vicarage Lane Barrow Gurney
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0816/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the proposed conversion of part of the existing Garage to a Games Room. Works to include the replacement of existing garage doors, removal of side door and installation of rear bi-fold doors.
65 Theynes Croft Long Ashton BS41 9NN
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0817/AOC
Request to discharge condition 11 (CCTV survey of Marsh Lane public surface water sewer.) on application 22/P/1770/FUL.
Land To East Of Court House Farm Marsh Lane Easton-in-Gordano
Received 23 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0818/LBC
Listed building consent for the removal of internal wall dividing kitchen and dining room, replacement of stair case and reinstatement back to original postion, installation of 2no. roof windows into kitchen roof (1n. into downstairs toilet and 1no. to kitchen)
Stepp Cottage Clevedon Road Weston-in-Gordano BS20 8PR
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0819/DCW
Application to discharge Requirement 4 (Submission and approval of detail design), 11 (Surface and foul water drainage), and 28 (Operational lighting - highways, bridges, paths and car parks) for Stage 2 of Work Nos. 2, 2A, 3, 4, 6, 7A, 7B and 7D of the Portishead Branch Line (MetroWest Phase 1) Order 2022
Portishead Branch Line, Between Portishead in North Somerset and Ashton Junction, Bristol
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0820/AOC
Discharge of Condition 3 (Landscaping Scheme) on application 23/P/2828/FUH.
Lynn Wood Main Road Brockley BS48 3BB
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0821/LDP
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed conversion of garage to day room (habitable accommodation) with replacement of garage door with window.
Valetta 2 Station Close Backwell BS48 1TJ
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0822/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey extension to the North elevation, gabled first floor extension to the North elevation with 2no. rooflights. Extension and conversion of existing garage including creation of first floor above and installation of 4no. rooflights. Reinstatement of original chimney and minor fenestration alterations.
64 Greenhill Road Sandford North Somerset BS25 5PB
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0823/LDE
Certificate of lawfulness for the unauthorised building operations comprising of the addition of external sheet cladding to the east elevation and the west elevation walls of Charlton Park Barn
Charlton Park Barn Charlton Drive Wraxall North Somerset
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0824/FUH
Proposed erection of 2no. single storey rear extensions, extension/alteration of existing loft, removal of existing rear dormer and installation of 7no. new rooflights.
17 Knapps Drive Winscombe BS25 1BD
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0825/FUH
Proposed demolition of an existing car port and erection of a timber shed/garage in place.
Twoways Winters Lane Redhill BS40 5SH
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0826/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey side extension.
21 Winford Close Portishead BS20 6YG
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0827/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of the erection of 1no. 10m medium wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
O/S 23-24 Hardwick Road Pill BS20 0DB
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0828/FUL
Minor material amendment to vary condition 2 (approved plans) of permission 22/P/2759/FUL (Erection of 2no. dwellings with detached garages and associated works) to reduce red line to eastern boundary; change shape of footprint and orientation of the dwellings and garages; and update landscaping
Land Between 92 And 98 Clevedon Road Tickenham
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0829/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install Electronic Communications Apparatus comprising of the addition of 2no. 0.3m dish antennas on new support structures at 42.3m height. All other associated ancillary apparatus and permitted development thereto. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
Land At North Hill Farm East Dundry Lane Dundry BS41 8NJ
Received 24 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0830/FUL
Retrospective permission for replacement of timber windows and lintels at ground, first and second floors on the principal (Broad Street) facade with double glazed timber units and lintels
Units 1 & 2 Richards Store (Mother Hen) Broad Street Wrington BS40 5LA
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0831/LDE
Certificate of lawfulness for the conversion of garage/workshop to 1no. dwelling, including the substantial building works to create this dwelling
Waterview Bridgwater Road Barrow Gurney BS48 3SJ
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0832/FUL
Erection of porch extension to NE elevation and extension to SE elevation to Hounsley View barn conversion, following implementation of 23/P/1107/CQA (Prior approval for the conversion of an agricultural building to 1no. one bedroom residential dwelling (Use Class C3) with operational development replacing existing metal sheet roof with standing seam sheeting and the insertion of new windows and doors)
Barn At Hounsley View Pool Lane Winford
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0833/FUH
y Proposed Loft conversion including the creation of 2no. dormers and installation of 1no. window to the South elevation. Landscaping and hardstanding alterations to the East of the site including the creation of external stairs to facilitate the creation of off-road parking alongside vehicular access.
1 The Green Locking BS24 8DA
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0834/CQA
Prior approval for the conversion of an agricultural building to form 1no. residential unit with operational development including insertion of new windows and doors
Langford Green Farm Bath Road Burrington BS40 5DG
Received 25 Apr 2024 - Decided24/P/0836/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of the erection of 1no. 9m light wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
Pavement Outside 1 The Paddocks Uphill Weston-super-Mare BS23 4SE
Received 25 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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