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.
7,935 approved · 1,030 refused · 450 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Fosse Lane Nailsea Bristol BS48 2AR
Received 11 Oct 2024Land At Purn Farm Accomodation Road Bleadon BS24 0AP
Received 11 Oct 202414 Paddock Rise Nailsea Bristol BS48 4AX
Received 11 Oct 20241 Graham Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1YA
Received 11 Oct 2024Land West Of Wolvershill Road Wolvershill Road Banwell
Received 11 Oct 202465 North Street Nailsea BS48 4BS
Received 11 Oct 202419 Sixty Acres Close Failand BS8 3UH
Received 14 Oct 20247 Monmouth Close Portishead BS20 8BZ
Received 14 Oct 2024Innisfree Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SD
Received 14 Oct 2024Lime Ridge Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SB
Received 14 Oct 20244 Charlcombe Rise Portishead BS20 8NB
Received 14 Oct 202426 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DX
Received 14 Oct 2024Land Adjacent To Clifton Suspension Bridge Bridge Road Leigh Woods BS8 3RA
Received 14 Oct 20241A Magdalen Way Weston-super-Mare BS22 7PG
Received 14 Oct 202457 Park Road Congresbury BS49 5HE
Received 14 Oct 20241 Snowdon Cottages Highridge Road Dundry BS41 8JX
Received 14 Oct 20241 Snowdon Cottages Highridge Road Dundry BS41 8JX
Received 14 Oct 2024Grove Park Grove Lane Weston-super-Mare
Received 14 Oct 202421 Walton Crescent Winford BS40 8DD
Received 15 Oct 2024Land At Well Park Congresbury
Received 15 Oct 2024Land East Of Nailsea Wall Farm Nailsea Wall Lane Nailsea Bristol BS48 4DD
Received 15 Oct 2024Land At Dinghurst Road Churchill
Received 15 Oct 202418 The Burrows St Georges Weston-super-Mare BS22 7RP
Received 15 Oct 202462 Lampton Road Long Ashton Bristol BS41 9AN
Received 16 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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