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.
8,942 approved · 1,108 refused · 535 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Pavement O/S 12 Barrow Road Hutton Weston-super-Mare BS24 9SZ
Received 2 Jan 2025Banwell Woods Towerhead Road Banwell
Received 30 Dec 20243 Butts Orchard Wrington BS40 5DR
Received 2 Jan 2025Churchfield Barn Clevedon Road Weston-in-Gordano BS20 8PZ
Received 31 Dec 2024Flat 3 Highbury Court Highbury Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DR
Received 2 Jan 202527 Roath Road Portishead BS20 6AW
Received 3 Jan 2025O/S 18 Channel Heights Weston-super-Mare BS24 9LX
Received 2 Jan 2025O/S 5 Channel Heights Weston-super-Mare BS24 9LX
Received 2 Jan 2025Grass Verge To The Side Of 6 Beechmount Drive Weston-super-Mare BS24 9EZ
Received 2 Jan 2025Grass Verge Opposite 1 Beechmount Drive Weston-super-Mare BS24 9EZ
Received 2 Jan 202512 Providence Lane Long Ashton BS41 9DQ
Received 6 Jan 202519 The Cottages Hospital Road Barrow Gurney BS48 3SF
Received 6 Jan 2025Oakleaze Highridge Road Dundry BS41 8JU
Received 6 Jan 20254 Tynings Close Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0FH
Received 6 Jan 20252 Avon View Martcombe Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QL
Received 6 Jan 202536 Manor Gardens Kewstoke Weston-super-Mare BS22 9XU
Received 6 Jan 202520 Newhaven Road Portishead BS20 8LH
Received 6 Jan 202520 Newhaven Road Portishead BS20 8LH
Received 6 Jan 2025Barns At Woodlands Farm Shiplate Road Bleadon
Received 6 Jan 2025Land To The Rear Of The Darlington Arms Red Hill Redhill BS40 5TE
Received 2 Jan 202574 Kenn Road Clevedon BS21 6EX
Received 6 Jan 202515 Kew Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2NR
Received 6 Jan 2025St Andrew's Church Church Street Blagdon BS40 7SJ
Received 6 Jan 20254A Farlers End Nailsea BS48 4PG
Received 6 Jan 2025Records 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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