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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.
9,248 approved · 1,132 refused · 564 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glen Orchy Lake Road Portishead BS20 7JA
Received 25 Feb 202515 Stallings Close Claverham BS49 4GE
Received 25 Feb 2025The Old Rectory 47 Church Lane Hutton Weston-super-Mare BS24 9SL
Received 25 Feb 2025The Old Rectory 47 Church Lane Hutton Weston-super-Mare BS24 9SL
Received 25 Feb 202592 Old Church Road Uphill Weston-super-Mare BS23 4XL
Received 25 Feb 2025Plot 6A Royal Portbury Dock River Road Easton-in-Gordano
Received 25 Feb 202546 High Street Portishead BS20 6EL
Received 26 Feb 202530 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9LD
Received 26 Feb 2025Land South Of The Uplands Nailsea
Received 26 Feb 2025The Shrubbery Highdale Farm Highdale Avenue Clevedon BS21 7LX
Received 26 Feb 2025Yanley Farm Yanley Lane Long Ashton BS41 9LR
Received 26 Feb 2025Land At South Hill Farm Bridgwater Road Bleadon
Received 26 Feb 202550 Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2EE
Received 26 Feb 202510 Sixty Acres Close Failand BS8 3UH
Received 26 Feb 2025Land Off West Hay Road Wrington
Received 25 Feb 2025Land North Of Kenn Road Kenn Road Yatton
Received 26 Feb 202549 Woodhill Road Portishead BS20 7EY
Received 27 Feb 202549 Woodhill Road Portishead BS20 7EY
Received 27 Feb 20251 Church Cottages The Triangle Wrington BS40 5LF
Received 27 Feb 202539 Cannons Gate Clevedon BS21 5HL
Received 27 Feb 2025Phase 2 Land North Of Youngwood Lane And East Of Netherton Wood Lane Youngwood Lane Nailsea
Received 27 Feb 2025175 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3HE
Received 27 Feb 2025Yeovil Church Lane Tickenham BS21 6SD
Received 27 Feb 20252 Manor Cottages Clevedon Road Walton-in-Gordano BS21 7AN
Received 27 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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