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.
7,479 approved · 969 refused · 421 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Gordano Rugby Football Club Caswell Lane Portbury BS20 7UF
Received 31 Jul 2024165 Kenn Road Clevedon BS21 6LH
Received 31 Jul 202414A Hillside Road Portishead BS20 8EW
Received 31 Jul 2024Appledorne Clevedon Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7RH
Received 31 Jul 20241 Main Road Cleeve BS49 4NS
Received 1 Aug 20241 Woolmers Wrington Hill Wrington BS40 5PT
Received 1 Aug 2024Cambridge Batch Garage Weston Road Long Ashton BS48 3QR
Received 31 Jul 20241 Hailstone Cottages Red Hill Redhill BS40 5TL
Received 1 Aug 2024The Old Barn Kingsmead Nailsea BS48 2XH
Received 1 Aug 202415 Quantock Road Portishead BS20 6DR
Received 1 Aug 20241 Udley Farm Cottage West Hay Road Wrington BS40 5NP
Received 1 Aug 202419 Dumfries Place Weston-super-Mare BS23 4LQ
Received 1 Aug 202418 Gardner Road Portishead BS20 7ER
Received 2 Aug 2024Brinsea Green Farm Brinsea Lane Congresbury BS49 5JN
Received 2 Aug 202412 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6QT
Received 2 Aug 2024Greenwood Cadbury Camp Lane West Tickenham BS21 6SU
Received 2 Aug 20243 Church Lane Portbury BS20 7TR
Received 2 Aug 202412 Wimblestone Road Winscombe BS25 1JR
Received 2 Aug 20245 Lyefield Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9PD
Received 2 Aug 202448 Farnborough Road Locking BS24 7GG
Received 2 Aug 2024Land North Of Southfield Road Trading Estate Clevedon Road Nailsea
Received 2 Aug 2024Flats 37 - 97 Merchant Square Portishead
Received 2 Aug 2024Land Opposite Churchill House Churchill Green Churchill North Somerset
Received 5 Aug 2024Walnut Tree Cottage Downside Road Backwell BS48 3DH
Received 5 Aug 2024Records 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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