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.
8,956 approved · 1,109 refused · 537 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Claverham Road Claverham BS49 4LA
Received 6 Jan 2025Hutton Moor Leisure Centre Hutton Moor Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8LY
Received 7 Jan 202562 Heron Gardens Portishead BS20 7DH
Received 7 Jan 202538 Church Lane Hutton Weston-super-Mare BS24 9SN
Received 7 Jan 202563 Old Church Road Uphill Weston-super-Mare BS23 4XL
Received 7 Jan 202575 Verbena Way Weston-super-Mare BS22 6RN
Received 7 Jan 2025Lower Strode Farm Lower Strode Winford BS40 8BN
Received 7 Jan 2025Plantation Uphill Road South Uphill
Received 7 Jan 2025Land At Harbour Crescent Portishead
Received 7 Jan 202529 Bleadon Hill Weston-super-Mare BS24 9JE
Received 8 Jan 2025Land To The West Of Wild Country Lane Long Ashton
Received 8 Jan 202541 Lower Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2AQ
Received 7 Jan 2025Portishead Branch Line between Portishead in North Somerset and Ashton Junction in Bristol
Received 8 Jan 2025Land To The South Of 7 Backwell Hill Road Backwell
Received 8 Jan 202514 Southridge Heights Weston-super-Mare BS24 9JH
Received 8 Jan 202529 Elmsleigh Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JW
Received 9 Jan 2025Village Hall Keedwell Hill Long Ashton BS41 9DP
Received 9 Jan 202519 Edward Road Clevedon BS21 7DS
Received 9 Jan 202579 Hillside Road Portishead BS20 8LJ
Received 9 Jan 20254 Conference Avenue Portishead BS20 7LF
Received 9 Jan 2025Land North Of Banwell And West Of Wolvershill Road Banwell
Received 9 Jan 202562 Old Street Clevedon
Received 9 Jan 2025Nightingales North Road Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PL
Received 10 Jan 202536 Homeground Clevedon BS21 5AL
Received 10 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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