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.
9,087 approved · 1,117 refused · 548 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Crown Glass Place Nailsea BS48 1RD
Received 31 Jan 202560 Providence Lane Long Ashton BS41 9DN
Received 31 Jan 20256 Alburys Wrington BS40 5NZ
Received 3 Feb 202523 Orchard Close Wrington BS40 5ND
Received 3 Feb 20252 Woodhurst Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3JR
Received 3 Feb 20258 Folio Drive Portishead BS20 7FU
Received 3 Feb 202522 Wemberham Crescent Yatton BS49 4BE
Received 3 Feb 2025Wood View West Hay Road Wrington BS40 5NN
Received 3 Feb 202511 Whitecross Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1EP
Received 3 Feb 2025The Wall House Clevedon Hall Estate Victoria Road Clevedon BS21 7SJ
Received 3 Feb 2025Upper Hale Farm Bridgwater Road Winscombe BS25 1NN
Received 3 Feb 20252 Keenes Way Clevedon BS21 6PY
Received 3 Feb 202569 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9HW
Received 3 Feb 2025O/S 1 Oldmixon Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 9NW
Received 3 Feb 2025Outside 25 Barry Close Weston-super-Mare
Received 3 Feb 20254 Conference Avenue Portishead BS20 7LF
Received 3 Feb 202591 Clevedon Road Tickenham Clevedon BS21 6RE
Received 3 Feb 2025Barn-05 OS Parcels 2064 And 3063 Greenhill Road Sandford
Received 3 Feb 202549 Meadow Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QJ
Received 3 Feb 2025Land North Of Kenn Road Clevedon
Received 3 Feb 2025Land At Parklands, Meadfields Phase 6 Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 3 Feb 2025Land At Parklands (Phase 4a) Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 3 Feb 2025Dinghurst Farm Dinghurst Road Churchill BS25 5PN
Received 3 Feb 2025Field Off Moor Road Banwell
Received 4 Feb 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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