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.
9,064 approved · 1,115 refused · 547 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Town Hall Walliscote Grove Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1UJ
Received 27 Jan 2025The Old School Walton Street Walton-in-Gordano BS21 7AW
Received 27 Jan 2025The Old School Walton Street Walton-in-Gordano BS21 7AW
Received 27 Jan 2025Land At Charlton Drive Wraxall
Received 28 Jan 2025Christ Church C Of E Primary Baker Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 3AF
Received 28 Jan 2025Agricultural Building Bristol Road Hewish
Received 28 Jan 202518 Cheshire Avenue Locking Weston-super-Mare BS24 7JT
Received 28 Jan 20257 Sidcot Lane Winscombe BS25 1LA
Received 29 Jan 20251 Walnut Close Weston-super-Mare BS24 9HB
Received 28 Jan 2025Lydcott Lodge Lane Wraxall Bristol BS48 1BH
Received 29 Jan 202514 Southmead Winscombe BS25 1LB
Received 29 Jan 2025Land Off Flax Bourton Road (Opposite No.15) Failand BS8 3UW
Received 28 Jan 2025Land Off Alburys Wrington BS40 5NZ
Received 28 Jan 2025Land To Rear Of 4 Manor Grange (Land Accessed Via Track Off Purn Way) Bleadon BS24 OQG
Received 28 Jan 2025Brinsea Batch Farm Brinsea Batch Congresbury BS49 5JY
Received 29 Jan 202518 Clynder Grove Clevedon BS21 7DF
Received 29 Jan 2025154 Old Church Road Clevedon BS21 7TU
Received 29 Jan 2025Yew Tree Cottage Potters Hill Felton BS40 9XB
Received 30 Jan 20251 Yeo Lane Long Ashton BS41 9LY
Received 30 Jan 2025The Glebe Field The Glebe Wrington
Received 30 Jan 2025Laurel Farm The Street Regil BS40 8BD
Received 31 Jan 20259 Broadoak Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4NW
Received 31 Jan 2025Wellcombe Building Langford Veterinary School Langford Road Churchill BS40 5DU
Received 31 Jan 202526 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DX
Received 31 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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