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.
9,113 approved · 1,120 refused · 551 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Queens Road Clevedon BS21 7TH
Received 4 Feb 20252 Brocks Lane Long Ashton BS41 9HN
Received 4 Feb 2025The Gables Old Rectory Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Received 4 Feb 202516 Hillcrest Road Portishead BS20 8HS
Received 4 Feb 2025Land At New Orchard Farm, Off Bristol Road Hewish
Received 4 Feb 202514 Rectory Drive Yatton BS49 4HF
Received 4 Feb 2025Kingcott Farm Beggar Bush Lane Failand BS8 3TF
Received 4 Feb 202541 Severn Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DP
Received 4 Feb 202557 Severn Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 4DG
Received 4 Feb 2025Little Phoenix Dinghurst Road Churchill BS25 5PN
Received 4 Feb 20252 Stonehenge Lane Tickenham Clevedon BS21 6SL
Received 4 Feb 202528 Albert Road Portishead BS20 6PP
Received 5 Feb 202527 Beach Road East Portishead BS20 7ES
Received 5 Feb 2025Lake House Vicarage Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PH
Received 5 Feb 2025Brookside The Batch Rickford BS40 7AH
Received 5 Feb 2025Withyhurst Riverside Banwell BS29 6EH
Received 5 Feb 2025Land To The South Of Wrington Road Ajacent To Numbers 34, 36 And 38 Wrington Road BS40 5AB
Received 5 Feb 2025Land North Of Kenn Road Clevedon
Received 5 Feb 2025Proposed Barn Brook Farm Streamcross Claverham
Received 5 Feb 20252 Bryant Gardens Clevedon BS21 5HD
Received 5 Feb 202525 Willow Tree Fields Nailsea BS48 4PR
Received 5 Feb 2025Oak Wood Lodge Abbots Leigh Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3QB
Received 5 Feb 202539 Perrymead Weston-super-Mare BS22 7FB
Received 6 Feb 2025Farleigh Church Old Weston Road Flax Bourton
Received 6 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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