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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.
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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 dates11,145Searchable applications
500Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 8,399 approved or refused records
965Refused applications
7,434 approved · 965 refused · 417 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided24/P/1176/TPO
Horse Chestnut T(4) - reduce spread of crown to East by approx 3m and round into crown
The Stables Silver Street Nailsea BS48 2DS
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1177/TPO
T1 - Ash - Reduce stem growing to the east over the garage of 16 Mendip Avenue by 4 meters.
16 Mendip Road Locking BS24 7AG
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1178/TPO
T1 - Hornbeam - Remove 2 dead limbs as suggested in tree report attached. Crown reduce to one metre above previous points.
Eversleigh House East Street Banwell BS29 6BW
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1180/MMA
Minor Material Amendment to application 22/P/1087/FUH (Demolition of conservatory, proposed erection of a porch to the front elevation; erection of a two storey side & rear extension to include a garage, and a loft conversion.) to allow for the replacement of 2no. Velux windows with dormers to the South elevation.
15 Main Road Cleeve BS49 4NS
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1181/TPO
T1 - Pine - dead - fell to 4 meter monolith. T2 - Ash - poor vitality - fell. T3 - Ash - extensive decay at base, heavy crown bias to the south - fell. T4 - Pine - dead - fell. T5 - Pine - dead - fell. T6 - Pine - dead - fell. T7 - Pine - dead - fell. T8 - Ash - poor vitality - fell.T9 - Hawthorn - poor vitality - fell. T10 - Pine - dead - fell to 4 meter monolith. T11 - Pine - dead - fell to 4 meter monolith. T12 - Pine - dead - fell to 4 meter monolith. T13 - Hazel - remove 2 lateral branches growing over footpath. T14 - Oak - poor vitality - fell. T15 - Pine - dead - fell. T16 - Hornbeam - partially failed - fell. T17 - Oak - partially failed - fell
High Trees Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SA
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1182/FUH
Proposed replacement of existing conservatory/outbuilding with a new Edwardian-style conservatory.
Flat A 6 Ellenborough Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 1XL
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1183/LBC
Proposed replacement of existing conservatory/outbuilding with a new Edwardian-style conservatory.
Flat A 6 Ellenborough Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 1XL
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1184/FUH
Demolition of existing rear extension and proposed erection of larger single storey rear extension. Raising of roof to provide additional living accommodation with flat roof rear dormer and 1no. dormer and 2 no. rooflights to the front elevation. Conversion of existing garage to create additional living space and erection of a single storey front extension to the South corner.
70 Milton Hill Weston-super-Mare BS22 9RF
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1185/OUT
Outline planning application for demolition of 23 Dark Lane; residential development of up to 125 dwellings (Class C3); strategic landscaping and earthworks, surface water drainage and all other ancillary infrastructure and enabling works with means of site access (excluding internal roads) from the new junction off Dark Lane for approval; all other matters (internal access, layout, appearance, scale and landscaping) reserved for subsequent approval
Land Off Dark Lane Backwell
Received 12 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1186/LDP
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed conversion of the existing integral side garage to form habitable rooms.
129 Heron Gardens Portishead BS20 7BN
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1187/FUH
Proposed installation of 1no. air source heat pump to the North-West of the dwelling.
18 Porlock Gardens Nailsea BS48 2QX
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1188/FUH
Retrospective application for the erection of a single storey rear extension.
10 High View Portishead BS20 8RF
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1189/TRCA
Evergreen tree T1 - dismantle to ground level
43 High Street Yatton BS49 4HJ
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1190/AGA
Application to determine if prior approval is required for the proposed erection of a steel frame building as an extension and cover to an existing silage pit located in the centre of the existing farm building complex to provide cover for hay/fodder and machinery.
Brinsea Green Farm Brinsea Lane Congresbury BS49 5JN
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1191/FUL
Proposed installation of 2no. new windows at first floor level to the Northwest (front) elevation of Unit 1A.
Unit 1A Tweed Road Industrial Estate Tweed Road Clevedon BS21 6RR
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1192/AOC
The Partial Discharge of Condition 4 (Bat Mitigation) on application 23/P/2310/FUH, to allow all construction excluding that the effects any existing roof space.
The Old Chapel The Street Regil North Somerset BS40 8BD
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1193/FUH
Proposed demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of a single storey rear extension.
1 Sophia Gardens Weston-super-Mare BS22 7DS
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1194/LDE
Certificate of lawfulness for the use of an existing building as a self-contained private dwelling at The Wheybarn, Middle Lane Farm, Kingston Seymour, Clevedon BS21 6XW.
The Wheybarn Middle Lane Farm Middle Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XW
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1195/FUH
Proposed conversion of existing integral garage to livable space and creation of 1no. bay-window to the front elevation.
205 The Cornfields Weston-super-Mare BS22 9DZ
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1196/FUH
Retrospective application for the removal of partially collapsed South boundary wall and erection of new 2.1m stonewall.
Prospect Cottage 5 Hutton Hill Hutton BS24 9SX
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1197/FUL
Change of use of existing retail store (Class E) to a drinking establishment/bar (sui generis). Works to include the replacement of existing windows and door with new alongside the installation of 1no. new window to the South-West elevation.
Break 57 High Street Nailsea BS48 1AW
Received 13 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1200/TRCA
See attached specification and attached site plan.
The Old Town Quarry South Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2LS
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1201/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.
3 Hollis Crescent Portishead BS20 6TH
Received 14 Jun 2024 - Decided24/P/1202/TRCA
Beech Tree (T1) - Crown Lift to 1.5 metres above tennis court fence and prune back overhanging canopy by maximum of 2.5 metres to remove majority of overhang. Maple (T2) - Crown lift over and near fenceline to 1.5 metres above tennis court fence.
Herbert Gardens Herbert Road Clevedon BS21 7ND
Received 14 Jun 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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