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.
7,916 approved · 1,029 refused · 450 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Corner Of Post Office Road And Bowen Road Locking
Received 9 Oct 2024Garden Park (Avon Plants) Weston Road/Puxton Lane Hewish Puxton BS24 6SQ
Received 2 Oct 2024The Old Chapel The Street Regil Bristol BS40 8BD
Received 9 Oct 2024Autumn Cottage Dinghurst Road Churchill BS25 5PJ
Received 9 Oct 2024Phase 4 Locking Parklands Weston Super Mare
Received 9 Oct 2024Premier Inn 1 Carlton Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UA
Received 9 Oct 2024Rear Ground Floor 10 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UG
Received 9 Oct 2024Churchyard Church Road North Portishead BS20 6PS
Received 10 Oct 202421 Springfield Road Portishead BS20 6LH
Received 10 Oct 20242 Jubilee Cottages West End Lane Nailsea BS48 4DA
Received 10 Oct 202422 Glebe Road Long Ashton BS41 9LH
Received 10 Oct 2024Phase 2 Land North Of Youngwood Lane And East Of Netherton Wood Lane Youngwood Lane Nailsea
Received 10 Oct 2024104 Byron Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3XA
Received 10 Oct 202420 Durbin Park Road Clevedon BS21 7EU
Received 10 Oct 20243 Bucklands Lane Nailsea BS48 4PJ
Received 10 Oct 20249 Church Close Yatton BS49 4HG
Received 10 Oct 202472B Church Lane Backwell BS48 3JJ
Received 10 Oct 202477 - 79 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3BH
Received 10 Oct 202435 Tetbury Gardens Nailsea BS48 2TL
Received 10 Oct 20242A Waverley Road Backwell BS48 3LP
Received 10 Oct 2024197 Clevedon Road Tickenham Clevedon BS21 6RX
Received 11 Oct 2024O/S 4 Tripps Row Long Ashton BS41 9NW
Received 10 Oct 20241 Dial Lane Felton Bristol BS40 9YD
Received 11 Oct 20241 Dial Lane Felton Bristol BS40 9YD
Received 11 Oct 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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