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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 dates11,254Searchable applications
501Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 8,492 approved or refused records
971Refused applications
7,521 approved · 971 refused · 422 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- Decided24/P/1808/FUH
Demolition of the existing rear extension and proposed erection of a replacement single storey rear and side extension.
502 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8QY
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1809/TPO
Red Oak -Remove (In Severe Decline).
2A Lodway Pill BS20 0DH
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1810/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 6.00 metres; 2) have a maximum height of 4.00 metres and 3) have eaves that are 2.30 metres high.
50 Whitesfield Road Nailsea BS48 2DY
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1812/FUL
Change of use of land from agricultural and stationing of 2no. holiday lodges with associated works including parking and soft landscaping.
Land Opposite Redhouse Farm Honeyhall Lane Congresbury
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1814/TEN
Notification under the electronic communications code regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights for the proposed upgrade works consisting of; the installation of 6no. EE antennas at high level and an equipment cabinet at ground level including all associated ancillary works. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
02 Mast 1718 Tinkers Lane Bristol
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1815/TPO
T01-T04: Reduce by 2m on the south side only and all deadwood exceeding 50mm to be removed. T01 requires greater levels of reduction due to the residual wall.
Land To The Rear Of 25-29 Woodland Road Nailsea
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1816/LDP
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed erection of a temporary garage.
30 Stonebridge Clevedon BS21 5BZ
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1817/FUL
Proposed removal of all on-site structures and subsequent erection of 1no. 2-Bedroom bungalow.
29 Hollis Avenue Portishead BS20 6TQ
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1818/RM
Reserved matters application for access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for residential development of 229no. houses (Use Class C3), commercial floorspace (Use Class E) and takeaway (Sui Generis), along with associated car parking, bin & cycle storage, infrastructure, landscaping and associated works for Phases 8 and 10, pursuant to outline permission 13/P/0997/OT2 (Outline application with Environmental Impact assessment for large scale major mixed use residential, employment, education and infrastructure development to include up to 1200no. residential dwellings (excludes 250 dwellings consented under phases 1&2); up to 5.5ha of employment development - use classes B1, B2 and B8 (excludes B1 development consented under phase 1); up to 2.1ha of retail, services, cafe, restaurant, drinking, takeaway and community uses - classes A1/2/3/4/5/&D1; up to 5.15ha leisure use - D2 with ancillary uses; primary school - 2.4ha; secondary education - 1.8ha; with 32.4ha of landscaping, open space and necessary infrastructure works (includes elements within phase 1&2) and construction of new access from A371 (to amend access approved under leisure dome infrastructure consent). Details of access off A371 to be decided but appearance, landscaping, layout and scale all reserved for subsequent approval)
Phase 8 And 10 Locking Parklands Locking Moor Road Locking Weston-super-Mare
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1819/FUL
Proposed installation of a new fire escape door to the side elevation and installation of an air conditioning unit on the existing flat roof to the rear.
Wrington Chemists Silver Street Wrington BS40 5QE
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1820/FUH
Proposed Hip-to-gable loft conversion with 1no. rear dormer, erection of a single storey rear extension and associated alterations.
27 Grove Road Milton Weston-super-Mare BS22 8EY
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1821/FUH
Proposed erection of a part-single, part-two storey rear extension and a first floor side extension. Conversion of existing lounge to integral garage with installation of a garage door to the front elevation, obscure window to the side elevation and replacement of 1no. window with 2 at the first floor rear elevation.
137 High Street Portishead BS20 6PY
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1822/FUL
Conversion of an existing agricultural building to create 1no. one-bed holiday let and expansion of existing hardstanding.
Land South Of Dinghurst Road Churchill North Somerset
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1823/LBC
Listed building consent to change the existing central heating system, works to include:- Replacement of the existing flue and the addition of an extra drainage pipe to the rear of the property. Removal and replacement of the existing boiler and new replacement radiators on the ground and first floors to be located in the same positions as the previous ones.
20 Greenhill Road Sandford BS25 5QA
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1824/TRCA
Holm Oak (T1) Crown reduction to previous reduction points only. Holly (T2( Crown reduction by up to 2mtrs
45 Princes Road Clevedon BS21 7NQ
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1825/FUH
Proposed conversion of the existing integral garage into a kitchen/diner.
2 Florence Mews Weston-super-Mare BS23 3FR
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1826/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey detached outbuilding/garden store to the rear to replace a previous structure.
40 Montpelier Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RN
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1827/FUL
Proposed erection of a single storey dwellinghouse house in the rear garden area.
47 Corondale Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8PY
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1828/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 wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Opposite 7 Field View Cleeve Bristol BS49 4GQ
Received 3 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1829/FUL
Proposed change of use of existing Class E property (former hair salon) to a Launderette (sui generis).
8 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DT
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1830/ADV
Advertisement consent for 3no. non illuminated external fascia signs.
8 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DT
Received 4 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1831/TRCA
Acacia - Fell
Lily Cottage Dinghurst Road Churchill BS25 5PN
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1832/FUL
Proposed erection of 1no. detached dwelling.
Open Space Trendlewood Way Nailsea
Received 5 Sept 2024 - Decided24/P/1833/ADV
Advertisement consent for the installation of 2no. non-illuminated and 1no. internally illuminated Fascia signs, 1no. internally illuminated projection sign, and 5no. non-illuminated dibond graphic signs.
Tesco Express Broadway Weston-super-Mare BS24 9HA
Received 5 Sept 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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