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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.
9,318 approved · 1,138 refused · 568 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Redcliffe Hall Newhaven Road Portishead BS20 8HL
Received 4 Mar 2025Burwalls Lodge Burwalls Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PT
Received 5 Mar 2025Burwalls Lodge Burwalls Road Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PT
Received 5 Mar 20257 Owen Drive Failand BS8 3UE
Received 5 Mar 2025Mast Located At Tinkers Lane Off Hyatts Wood Road Backwell
Received 4 Mar 2025Land South Of Bristol Road And North Of Bath Road Churchill
Received 4 Mar 2025Bristol And Clifton Golf Club Beggar Bush Lane Failand
Received 5 Mar 2025131 Kenn Road Clevedon BS21 6JY
Received 5 Mar 20251 Edward Road Clevedon BS21 7DP
Received 5 Mar 2025Pippins Hill Lane Tickenham BS21 6RH
Received 5 Mar 202514 Glebe Road Long Ashton BS41 9LH
Received 5 Mar 2025Land South Of Churchland Way Wolvershill Road Banwell Weston-super-Mare
Received 5 Mar 2025Barn At Hounsley View Pool Lane Winford
Received 6 Mar 2025Woodbank Woodlands Road Portishead BS20 7HE
Received 6 Mar 2025Land East Of Wood Lane Wood Lane Clapton-in-Gordano
Received 5 Mar 20251 Craigfoot 55 South Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2LU
Received 6 Mar 202534 Rippleside Portishead BS20 6NB
Received 5 Mar 202538 Mansfield Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 2YD
Received 6 Mar 2025Jewson Ltd Winterstoke Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3YF
Received 6 Mar 20253 Greenslade Gardens Nailsea BS48 2BL
Received 7 Mar 2025The New House Shrubbery Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2JH
Received 7 Mar 2025Langford House Langford Road Langford BS40 5DU
Received 7 Mar 2025Geraldton House The Street Regil BS40 8BD
Received 7 Mar 202551 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 7 Mar 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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