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.
9,187 approved · 1,126 refused · 555 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Boulevard Weston-super-Mare BS23 1NF
Received 13 Feb 2025Azure Merchant Square Portishead
Received 13 Feb 2025Land South Of Churchland Way Wolvershill Road Banwell Weston-super-Mare
Received 13 Feb 2025Galatea A Mizzen Court Portishead
Received 13 Feb 2025Land South Of Lower Laurel Farm Summer Lane Banwell
Received 13 Feb 202518 Brean Down Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JH
Received 14 Feb 2025Winston Manor Cottage Bristol Road Churchill Winscombe BS25 5NL
Received 14 Feb 2025Grey Gables Ham Link Burrington BS40 7AR
Received 14 Feb 202521 - 23 Somerset Square Nailsea BS48 1RQ
Received 14 Feb 202518 Pleshey Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 9DQ
Received 14 Feb 202510 Coleridge Vale Road South Clevedon BS21 6PD
Received 14 Feb 20258 Highlands Road Portishead BS20 6LS
Received 14 Feb 2025Unit 10 Weston Industrial Estate Lynx Crescent Hutton Weston-super-Mare BS24 9DJ
Received 14 Feb 2025Departure Concourse Bristol International Airport North Side Road Felton Bristol BS48 3DY
Received 14 Feb 2025Land North Of Kenn Road Kenn Road Yatton
Received 14 Feb 2025Pavilion Old Weston Road Flax Bourton
Received 17 Feb 2025Sheldon 9 Landemann Circus Weston-super-Mare
Received 17 Feb 20254 Eastcombe Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2TG
Received 17 Feb 2025Flat 2 33 South Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2HD
Received 17 Feb 2025Broadfield Barn Broadfield House Farm New Road Redhill BS40 5TX
Received 17 Feb 202517 - 21 High Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 17 Feb 2025Blakeney Guesthouse 52 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3D
Received 17 Feb 202511 Landemann Circus Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QF
Received 17 Feb 2025Pavement O/S 58 Moorland Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4HR
Received 17 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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