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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 dates11,223Searchable applications
501Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 8,463 approved or refused records
970Refused applications
7,493 approved · 970 refused · 422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/1699/AOC
Discharge of Conditions 9 (External Lighting) and 11 (Ecological Mitigation) from 21/P/0459/FUL
Flat The Barns Church Road Abbots Leigh Bristol BS8 3QU
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1700/TRCA
T1: Reduce Maple by 1.5m. T2-T3: Reduce two conifers by 1m in height.
22 Elmsleigh Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JN
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1701/TRCA
T1: Remove dead Cherry. T2: Reduce Cherry by 2m in height and prune into shape by 1.5m.
18B Albert Quadrant Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QY
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1702/MMA
Minor material amendment to permision 23/P/2046/FUH (Demolition of existing single storey rear facing lean to and replacement with proposed two storey extension (east elevation) Existing front dormer extended. Existing garage reconstructed. Solar panels added to south and east roofs) to remove the proposed two storey rear extension and erect a single storey rear extension
6 Cambridge Road Clevedon BS21 7HX
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1703/TPO
Copper Beech (T1): Remove 3 limbs from the east side of the tree that overhang the garden of 18A.
18A Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9LD
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1704/TRCA
Goat Willow (T1) Fell. Magnolia (T2) Crown reduce the east side of the tree by 3m laterally Crown lift all round to 2m.
41 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9HW
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1705/TRCA
Lawson Cypress (T1) Fell.
The White House St Martins Long Ashton BS41 9HP
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1707/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the erection of a single storey outbuilding to the South-East of the dwelling.
Hillside Martcombe Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QH
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1708/CQA
Prior approval for the conversion of an agricultural barn into 1no. dwelling (Use Class C3) with operational development including the installation of windows, door, exterior walls and replacement of the roofing material
Hidden Valley Farm Littleton Lane Winford
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1709/TPO
T1 Oak - 4m crown reduction
36 Claverham Road Claverham BS49 4LA
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1711/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the conversion of existing attached garage/store to habitable space.
16 New Road Pill BS20 0AD
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1712/FUH
Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a single storey rear/side extension.
7 Westwood Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 6JU
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1713/ADV
Advertisement consent for the placement of 1no. non-illuminated fascia sign to the front elevation.
42 - 44 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JA
Received 19 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1714/FUH
Proposed conversion of existing attached garage including the replacement of garage door with 1no. rolling shutter and 1no. composite door and installation of doors to the rear elevation. Raising of garage ridge height, creation of a rear dormer with Juliet balcony and installation of 3no. rooflights.
30 Ryves Vale Tickenham Clevedon BS21 6FZ
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1715/FUH
Proposed removal of existing rear outbuilding and carport. Erection of a two storey Side/Rear extension and a single storey rear extension with landscaping alterations to the rear.
10 Woodhill Avenue Portishead BS20 7EX
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1716/TRCA
(T1) Baytree - whole crown reduction by 2 metres, whole crown lift by 3 metres and crown thin.
Flat 4 Hibernia Mansions 7 Victoria Quadrant BS23 2QB
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1717/HHPA
Prior approval request for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a pitched roof that would 1) extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3.70 metres; 2) have a maximum height of 3.70 metres and 3) have eaves that are 2.35 metres high.
14 Sheldon Close Clevedon BS21 6YE
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1719/TPO
One holm oak (T1): reduce crown by 3m, to previous 'cut' points.
7 Pyne Point Clevedon BS21 7RL
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1720/FUL
Proposed demolition of existing detached garage and erection of 1no. new dwelling to the rear of the existing dwelling.
40 Ham Green Pill BS20 0HA
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1721/FUH
Proposed demolition of existing detached garage and side extension. Erection of a two storey side extension (east elevation) and replacement of 1no. rear window with a door.
17 Byron Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3XG
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1722/FUL
Proposed conversion and extension of an existing garage/store to create a Use Class C3 single dwelling with associated car parking and amenity space.
Garage And Land To North Of 47 Caswell Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7RU
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1723/EA1
Screening Opinion request to determine as to whether proposed development is EIA development. Works proposed; residential development of up to 180 dwellings and associated works.
Land At Poplar Farm West End Lane Nailsea
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1725/DCW
Request to partially discharge Requirement 14 (Avon Gorge Woodlands SAC - Paragraph (2), a, d, e and f, (3), and (4)) for stage 6 Works No. 25 of the Portishead Branch Line (MetroWest Phase 1) Order 2022
Portishead Branch Line, Between Portishead in North Somerset and Ashton Junction, Bristol
Received 20 Aug 2024 - Decided24/P/1726/EA1
Screening Opinion request to determine as to whether proposed development is EIA development. Works proposed; installation of a ground mounted solar PV farm, battery energy storage system and vertical farm plus ancillary infrastructure and equipment, landscaping, biodiversity improvements and access
Land Off Wrington Hill Wrington
Received 20 Aug 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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