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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 dates12,906Searchable applications
486Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 9,809 approved or refused records
1,091Refused applications
8,718 approved · 1,091 refused · 521 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2472/EA2
Request for a formal scoping opinion to determine the information to be provided in an Environmental Statement that will accompany a future planning application for the 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. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
Land Off Wrington Hill Wrington North Somerset
Received 20 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2473/FUH
Proposed erection of a 'Dutch Barn' style garage to the front of the property.
100 Elm Tree Road Locking Weston-super-Mare BS24 8EJ
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2474/FUH
Proposed installation of an amateur radio mast to existing detached garage.
31 Mead Vale Weston-super-Mare BS22 8RR
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2475/FUH
Proposed erection of single storey front and rear extensions.
36 Southdown Weston-super-Mare BS22 6PE
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2476/TRCA
Tree 1: Dead Prunus cerasifera (black cherry plum)fell. Tree 2: Mature Salix caprea (goat willow) remove dead branches; Trees 3 & 4: Two elderly malus domestica (apple - Worcester pearmain), fell. Tree 5: cydonia oblongata (edible quince), fell.
Long Orchard Front Street Churchill BS25 5NB
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2477/TRCA
Walnut (T1) Reduce back the west aspect of the lower crown by up to 3m. Crown lift to 2m. Contoneaster (T3) Fell . Apple (T5) Crown reduce by 3m back to previous pruning points. Fig (T6) Crown reduce by 3m. Larch (T7) Crown lift to 4m. Birch (T8) Crown lift to 4m.
Ridgeway Cottage 68 Ridgeway Nailsea BS48 2EF
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2478/TRCA
Magnolia (T1) Reduce back the north side of the tree by 2m to clear the front of the cottage. Apple (T2) Crown reduce by 2m. Apple (T3,T4,T5) Crown reduce by 1m.
5 Union Street Nailsea BS48 4BB
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2482/FUH
Demolition of the existing conservatory and dormer windows and proposed erection of a single storey sunroom to the side elevation and creation of a new main entrance within a double height, glazed gable extension on the south fa�ade. Erection of a first floor extension above the existing living room and a new double garage with home office above to the East Elevation.
The Grange Hen Lane Winford BS40 8DP
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2483/FUH
Demolition of the existing single storey attached garage and proposed erection of 2no. single storey extensions (1no. to the Eastern elevation and 1no. to the Western elevation) and a single storey detached sunroom.
Brendon Cottage Wood Hill Congresbury BS49 5AF
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2484/MMA
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) of permission 23/P/0673/FUH (Removal of existing conservatory and creation of single storey rear extension (north west)), to allow for a reduction in size to the single storey rear extension.
Seaview Farm Walton Bay Walton-in-Gordano BS21 7AX
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2485/FUL
Erection of a single storey side extension
Units 7 To 8 Southfield Road Trading Estate Southfield Road Nailsea BS48 1JJ
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2486/FUH
Demolition of the existing rear terraces and steps and proposed erection of a two storey rear extension, alterations to the roof together with associated external and internal re-configurations.
45 Edward Road Clevedon BS21 7DT
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2488/AOC
Request to discharge condition numbers 7 (Sustainable Drainage Scheme) and 8 (Arboricultural Method Statement Report and Tree Protection Plan) on application 24/P/1748/FUL
Yatton Infant School High Street Yatton BS49 4HJ
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2490/TPO
(T1) Sycamore: Remove Epicormic growth.
Land At Burden Park Clevedon
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2491/TPO
(G1) X20 Sycamore: Crown reduction back to old points (3mtrs).
61 Dial Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7ER
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2492/AOC
Request to discharge condition number 3 (Samples of the Walling and Roofing Materials) on application 24/P/0759/FUL
11 Sandford Road Winscombe BS25 1JA
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2493/NMA
Non-material amendment to application 22/P/1003/FUL (Erection of building incorporating offices, a maintenance warehouse, containing three workshop bays, a paint bay, and an MOT testing drive through bay. Erection of external wash station and refuelling station; Coach parking, staff parking and associated landscaping) to allow for the coach wash unit to be moved approximately two yards from the boundary into the site and the refuelling station to be relocated within the site to allow ease of access by the coaches from a safety perspective.
Plot A6 Weston Business Quarter Beaufighter Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2494/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. 9m Light Pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
Street Record Broadstone Lane Kingston Seymour
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2495/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. 9m Light Pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
Access Of Yeo Bank Farm Yeo Bank Lane Kingston Seymour Clevedon BS21 6XH
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2496/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. 9m light wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
Land Opposite Hope Cottages Ham Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XF
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2497/AOC
Request to discharge condition number 6 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) on application 24/P/0504/FUL
The Bungalow Court Lane Clevedon BS21 6TE
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2498/CQA
Prior approval to convert part of an existing agricultural barn into 1no. dwelling with operational development consisting of re-roofing, re-cladding, insertion of new window and doors
Land South East Of Land Farm Puxton Road Hewish
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2499/FUL
Proposed conversion of the existing first floor office to a Class C3 dwelling and roof extension to form maisonette. Works to include minor internal reconfigurations, concealed flat roof extension to the rear and introduction of dormers to the street facing facades. Placement of 15no. solar panels to the proposed concealed flat roof.
19 Alexandra Parade Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QT
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Decided24/P/2500/MMA
Minor Material Amendment to application 23/P/2758/FUL (Proposed consolidation of 2no. existing semi-detached dwellings into 1no. detached dwelling. Works to include; Demolition of existing detached garage and erection of a new detached garage in-place. Alteration of existing wraparound side/rear lean-to extension including the replacement of lean-to roof with a flat-roof, Parapet facade and 4no. rooflights. 3no. New rooflights to existing lean-to roof. Fenestration alterations to all elevations including the removal, replacement and installation of windows, doors and cladding, alongside the installation of 1no. rooflight to North-West facing roof and placement of Solar Panels to the South-East elevation.) to allow for alterations to the proposed garage placement, roof-pitch and fenestration.
28 And 30 High Street Nailsea Bristol BS48 1AU
Received 27 Nov 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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