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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 dates11,917Searchable applications
486Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 9,044 approved or refused records
1,036Refused applications
8,008 approved · 1,036 refused · 456 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
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.
Conservation areas39 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas37 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
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More application records
- Decided24/P/2282/FUH
Proposed conversion of existing loft to liveable space including the raising of ridge level and installation of 4no. roof lights.
98 Kewstoke Road Kewstoke Weston-super-Mare BS22 9YH
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2283/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension and re-configuration of the existing porch roof to include alterations from a dual-pitch roof to a flat roof.
New Park House Happerton Lane Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QP
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2284/AOC
Request to discharge condition numbers 7 (Evidence of Bat License), condition 9 (Details of the type and location of the proposed external lighting), condition 10 (Biodiversity), condition 11 (Written Scheme of Investigation) and condition 12 (Renewable Energy) on application 23/P/1934/FUL
Haverson Barn Winterhead Bristol Road Winscombe BS25 1PP
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2285/LDP
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed Loft conversion with 1no. rear dormer and 3no. rooflights to the front elevation and a front porch extension.
8 Woodhill Road Portishead BS20 7ET
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2286/TPO
T1 - crab apple - 1m reduction on roadside. T2 - Olive 50cm reduction. T3 - Apple remove limb over summer house, 40% crown thin and 1.5m reduction. G1 - Beech - crown reduce by 1.5m
8 Woodland Way Failand BS8 3UD
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2287/TPO
T1 - Maple - Fell.
St Georges Hall Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0PX
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Unknown24/P/2288/LDE
Certificate of lawfulness for the conversion of an existing double garage within the curtilage of Hounsley Cottage into a two-storey 3no. bed holiday cottage.
Hounsley Cottage Broad Mead Lane Winford BS40 8BT
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2289/FUL
Demolition of barn and erection of 1no. dwelling
Mead Farm Mead Lane Sandford Winscombe BS25 5RG
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2290/AOC
Request to discharge condition numbers 2 (External Wall, Roof, Window and door materials), 19 (Mortar Mix Specification) and 20 (External Stonework) on application 22/P/1836/FUL
Blagdon Water Garden Centre Bath Road Langford Bristol BS40 5DN
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2291/HHPA
Prior approval request for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a pitched/lean to roof that would 1) extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3.4 metres; 2) have a maximum height of 3.5 metres and 3) have eaves that are 2.30 metres high
279 Worle Moor Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 7JB
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2293/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of the installation of 1no.10m light wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
O/S 11 Castle Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9JW
Received 28 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2294/FUH
Proposed partial removal of a section of the boundary wall and excavation works to part of the existing garden to form an area for vehicle parking with EV charging point, cycle and bin stores at road level and dropped kerb to facilitate off road parking.
26 Woodhill Road Portishead BS20 7EZ
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2295/LDP
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed erection of 2no. single storey side extensions to the existing dwelling.
133 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RF
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2296/FUL
Demolition of the existing dwellinghouse, and erection of a new replacement dwelling with associated landscaping.
Gravel Hill Farm Gravel Hill Regil Winford BS40 8BJ
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2297/AOC
Request to discharge condition number 4 (Surface Water Drainage Works) on application 24/P/0064/FUL
9 Church Lane Long Ashton Bristol BS41 9LU
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2298/HHPA
Prior approval request for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a roof that would 1) extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 8.00 metres; 2) have a maximum height of 2.92 metres and 3) have eaves that are 2.36 metres high.
133 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RF
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2299/TRCA
T1: Crown raise holly tree 1m above the building. T2: Crown raise oak tree 1m above the building. T3: Crown raise prunus tree over the entrance sign and reduce by 1m. T4: Remove dead laburnum tree. T5-T6-T7: Reduce three macrocarpa tree by 1m and crown raise to 4m
27 Montpelier Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RN
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2301/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code Regulations for the proposed installation of 4 no. additional antennas, 4 no. additional RRUs, 2 no. additional BOBs and associated ancillary development. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Land At Oakham Farm Off High Street Portbury BS20 7TR
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2302/ELE
Notification of National Grid Electricity Distribution intension to carry out works to its ZL/ZZ dual circuit 33kV overhead line on land at Blagdon pumping station (see notification letter for proposed works)
Blagdon Pumping Station Station Road Blagdon BS40 7UN
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2303/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of 1no. 10m Medium Wooden Pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Pavement Outside 54A Lower Kewstoke Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9JU
Received 29 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2305/TRCA
T1- Walnut Tree- prune back latest growth to previous knuckles on branches.T2- Plum Tree - prune back latest growth to previous knuckles on branches. T3 - Glastonbury Thorn - fell (dead).
Church House Church Road North Portishead BS20 6PS
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2306/H2PA
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposal to construct a first floor extension (additional storey) to existing dwellinghouse, to a maximum height of 6.40 metres.
Twin Cedars Meetinghouse Lane Claverham Cleeve BS49 4PD
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2307/ADV
Advertisement consent for 3no. internally-illuminated signs and 3no. non-illuminated signs.
Howards Garages Hildesheim Bridge Weston-super-Mare BS23 3PT
Received 30 Oct 2024 - Decided24/P/2308/FUL
Sub-division of dwellinghouse and annex to 2no. dwellinghouses.
54 Coleridge Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3UL
Received 30 Oct 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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