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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 dates11,171Searchable applications
500Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 8,424 approved or refused records
969Refused applications
7,455 approved · 969 refused · 417 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/1345/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.
142 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9LT
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1346/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey side and rear extension.
Pamgora 59 Main Road Hutton BS24 9SR
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1347/TPO
Sycamore (T1) Crown lift over the car park to 4m by removing secondary laterals only.
West Court High Street Portishead BS20 6QL
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1348/TPO
T1 - Sycamore - reduce lateral growth by approximately 3 meters to suitable growth points.
29 Bramblewood Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9LW
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1349/TPO
T1 - Holm Oak - Reduce over extended lateral growth on South side of crown by up to 2 meters.,
3 Uphill Road South Uphill BS23 4SD
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1350/TPO
T1 - Sycamore - height and width reduction of up to 1.5 meters to suitable growth points, crown lift to 3.5 meters. T2 - Sycamore - Crown reduce to the same height as T1 and crown lift to 3.5 meters, remove major deadwood in center of crown.
2 Broadway Locking BS24 7AD
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1351/TRCA
T1 - Sycamore - Pollard to previous points, approximately 3 meters from the ground.
1B Montpelier Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RQ
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1352/CRA
Prior approval for the change of use of 4no. agricultural buildings to storage (Use Class B8)
Burnt House Farm Bristol Road Hewish BS24 6SE
Received 3 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1354/FUH
The retention of the existing garage/outbuilding and renovation works to include partial demolition at the East elevation and creation of an open terrace, replacement of roofing with new and fenestration alterations including alterations to windows, doors, cladding and creation of pergola-structures on the south elevation of the building.
Coombe Valley Eastwell Lane Winscombe BS25 1DA
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1355/AOC
Request to discharge condition number 34 (Bat and Light Scheme) on application 19/P/0835/OUT
Bleadon Quarry Bridge Road Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0AU
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1356/AOC
Discharge of Condition 9 (External Plant) on application 23/P/0590/FUL
Works Gloucester Street Weston-Super-Mare North Somerset BS23 1TA
Received 4 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1357/TRCA
Small ornamental Cypress tree to be removed
Y Stabl Langford Road Langford BS40 5BL
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1359/TPO
Ash (T1) Remove to ground level x2 primary stems to ground level. Remove x4 limbs at second union from ground level.
37 Vowles Close Wraxall BS48 1PP
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1360/AOC
Request to discharge condition numbers 8 (Environmental Protection), 19 (Tree Protection) and 20 (Compliance With Approved Tree Reports) on application 22/P/2030/FUL
Clifton College Sports Club Abbots Leigh Road Abbots Leigh North Somerset BS8 3QD
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1362/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of the installation 1no. medium wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
O/S Unit 2 The Old Workshop Church Walk Pill BS20 0AJ
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1363/FUH
Demolition of the existing garage and side bay. Proposed erection of a single storey rear and side extension and a new replacement deeper side bay.
42 Kings Road Clevedon BS21 7EN
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1364/LBC
Listed building consent for the removal and replacement of the internal timber floor within the previous Kitchen area.
The Tythe Barn Barrow Court Barrow Court Lane Barrow Gurney BS48 3RP
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1365/AOC
Discharge of Conditions 6 (Biodiversity Enhancement Strategy) and 7 (Woodland Management Plan) of application 24/P/0094/FUL
Woodmans Cottage West Hay Road Wrington North Somerset BS40 5NW
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1366/FUH
Proposed flat roof over the internal courtyard and conversion of the existing store to a family room. Replacement of windows.
113 High Street Portishead BS20 6PT
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1367/LBC
Proposed sub-division of a duplex apartment into 2no. self-contained flats. Internal works include the removal of 1no. Internal stairway and the erection/alteration of dividing walls/doorways.
7 Claremont Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ED
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1368/FUL
Proposed sub-division of a duplex apartment into 2no. self-contained flats.
7 Claremont Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS23 2ED
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1369/TRCA
T1 Ash crown reduce x 2.5 meters
2A Chestnut Road Long Ashton BS41 9HR
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1370/FUH
Proposed erection of a first floor side extension. (South east elevation)
1 Greenway Park Clevedon BS21 6YQ
Received 8 Jul 2024 - Decided24/P/1371/FUL
Change of use of land from agricultural to agricutural and equestrian use, including the erection of stables and associated hardstanding
Field Off West Dundry Lane Dundry
Received 8 Jul 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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