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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 dates13,124Searchable applications
486Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 9,986 approved or refused records
1,104Refused applications
8,882 approved · 1,104 refused · 533 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/2659/FUH
Proposed replacement of existing first-floor windows and doors with new, alongside the installation of 1no. rooflight to the east elevation. Removal of dormer roof extension to North Elevation roof to be replaced with 1no. rooflight.
1 Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7LN
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2660/NMA
It is proposed that the main walling for Plots 22 and 23 are changed from Brick to Recon Stone, which the Recon Stone being of the same product already approved within the site.Non-Material Amendment to application 19/P/1657/RM (Reserved Matters application for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 50no. dwellings and associated work pursuant to outline permission 16/P/1521/O (outline planning application for the erection of up to 50 residential dwellings (including up to 30% affordable housing), structural planting and landscaping, informal public open space, surface water attenuation, vehicular access point from Wrington Lane and associated ancillary works. All matters reserved with the exception of the main site access point)) to allow for a change of Plot 22/23's walling material to Recon Stone.
Land Off Wrington Lane Congresbury
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2661/CQA
Prior Approval for change of use of agricultural buildings to 2no. dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) with operational development including partial demolition, re-roofing, new windows and doors, solar panels and new cladding
Land At Cherry Orchard Farm Caswell Lane Clapton-in-Gordano
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2662/TRCA
Leylandi - Fell
71A Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2HX
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2663/NMA
Non-material amendment to permission 19/P/3197/FUL (Residential development of 60no. dwellings with supporting infrastructure and enabling works including new vehicular access with Moor Road, public open space, landscaping and drainage infrastructure) to allow substitution of house type W with house type WC
Land At Moor Road Yatton
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2665/LBC
Listed Building Consent for the Internal upgrade and reconfiguration of the dwelling. Works to include the removal, replacement and erection of internal walls and doorways alongside the upgrade/renewal of plumbing and heating. Removal of 2no. GF and 3no. FF bathrooms with the subsequent creation of 1no. GF toilet and 2no. FF bathrooms. Creation of a GF kitchen area and internal porchway alongside the replacement of existing fireplace and loft stairway with new. Block-up of 1no. side window and replacement of 1no. rear window with new.
Moorlands 30 Main Road Hutton Weston-super-Mare BS24 9QH
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2666/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey extension with ramped access to the South-West elevation, expansion of existing loft conversion and creation of a flat-roof rear dormer. Replacement of 1no. existing door with new alongside bay-window roofing with a flat-roof. Placement of PV panels and installation of a sky lantern to the central ridge.
39 Weston Road Failand BS8 3UR
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2667/ADV
Retrospective Advertisement consent for the replacement of existing 'Poundland' sign a new 'St Peters Hospice' Fascia sign.
St Peters Hospice Unit 1B Old Mill Road Portishead BS20 7BX
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2668/NMA
Non-Material Amendment to application 24/P/1748/FUL (Replacement of infant school accommodation destroyed by fire, including 6 classrooms (one of which is to be fitted out as a nurture room), food technology room, library, group rooms, and ancillary accommodation, plus a small extension to the existing hall along with external teaching spaces around the new building. Works also include the removal of both the temporary school established following the fire and the temporary road installed for the demolition of the fire damaged building and installation of the temporary school along with reinstatement of the grass playing field. The all-weather pitch installed with the temporary school is to be retained.) to allow for the alteration of external material at the North-West courtyard elevation from brick to render.
Yatton Infant School High Street Yatton BS49 4HJ
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2669/R3
Proposed erection of an enclosed, glazed entryway to the North of the School.
Baytree School Baytree Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8HG
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2670/FUL
Proposed extension of agricultural building to enclose existing grain elevators at the North elevation.
Ivy Farm East Dundry Lane Dundry BS41 8NH
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2673/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. 11m medium pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
O/S Markham Farm Martcombe Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QQ
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2674/FUH
Proposed loft conversion including the creation of a rear flat-roof dormer and installation of 2no. rooflights to the front elevation.
15 Keedwell Hill Long Ashton BS41 9DP
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2675/FUH
Proposed erection of a detached double garage to the front of the property.
23 Bishops Road Cleeve BS49 4NQ
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2676/CQA
Prior approval for the change of use of an agricultural building and land forming the curtilage of the building to 5no. dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) and associated building operations including new infill walls, installation of new windows and doors
Land To The South Of Winford Lane Dundry
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2677/FUH
Proposed demolition of existing side extension and erection of a larger replacement singles storey side extension. Fenestration alterations to the South Elevation and erection of a gated fence to the South of the site.
5 Robin Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 8RP
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2678/CQA
Prior approval for change of use and conversion of an agricultural building to use as 1no. dwelling along with operational development including the infilling an existing opening with a new wall, insertion of new windows, doors and rooflights
Barn At South Common Farm Netherton Wood Lane Nailsea BS48 4DG
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2679/FUH
Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a larger single storey rear extension in place.
26 Brampton Way Portishead BS20 6YN
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2680/AOC
Request to discharge condition number 6 (Parking Demand and Capacity Report) on application 18/P/5118/OUT
Lulsgate House Bristol International Airport North Side Road Felton Bristol BS48 3AQ
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2681/ELE
Notification for the proposed refurbishment of the pole mounted transformer on pole no. 11JH1, including the replacement of two 11.5 meter poles and stay. The new poles will also be 11.5 meters and the stay will be replaced like for like. The new poles and stay rod will be installed in the field boundary highlighted. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Land North Of Clevedon Road (Opposite 57 Clevedon Road) Failand
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2682/FUH
Proposed expansion of existing loft conversion including the raising of ridge height, hip-to-gable roof alterations, creation of 3no. rear dormers and 2no. front rooflights. Erection of a detached garage to the front of the property.
Old Orchard Blackmoor Langford BS40 5HJ
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2683/SCON
Scoping Opinion consultation request from the Planning Inspectorate for a proposed application by Future Energy Llanwern Limited for an Order Granting Development Consent for the Future Energy Llanwern Solar Project (the Proposed Development). The development proposal relates to the construction, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of Future Energy Llanwern, a ground mounted solar farm with a generating capacity of over 350 MW for a temporary period of 40 years.
Land 13km East Of Newport South Wales
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2684/AOC
Request to discharge condition numbers 7 (Construction Method Statement), 11 (Written Scheme of Investigation), 16 (Confirmation of Natural England License) and 19 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) on application 23/P/1015/FUL
Rownham House Rownham Hill Leigh Woods Bristol BS8 3PU
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decided24/P/2685/FUL
Retrospective application for the installation of 8 no. louvres to the ground-floor South elevation.
Offices At Weston Court Oldmixon Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS24 9AY
Received 20 Dec 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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