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.
9,342 approved · 1,139 refused · 571 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Nov 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Orchard Farm Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1NE
Received 13 Mar 2025Charlton Park Barn Charlton Drive Wraxall
Received 13 Mar 2025Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 13 Mar 2025Former Scouts Barn Oxhouse Lane Failand BS8 3SL
Received 13 Mar 2025Pavement O/S 1 Sutherland Drive Hutton Weston-super-Mare BS24 9QD
Received 13 Mar 202532 Glebe Road Long Ashton BS41 9LH
Received 13 Mar 2025113 Mendip Road Yatton BS49 4HN
Received 14 Mar 20257A The Beach Clevedon BS21 7QU
Received 14 Mar 20257A The Beach Clevedon BS21 7QU
Received 14 Mar 202514 Dormeads View Weston-super-Mare BS24 7HB
Received 14 Mar 202533 Alexandra Road Clevedon BS21 7QJ
Received 14 Mar 20253A Woodside Gardens Portishead BS20 8EQ
Received 14 Mar 202565 Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7PD
Received 14 Mar 202523 Chard Road Clevedon BS21 6LW
Received 14 Mar 202513 Dial Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7HJ
Received 14 Mar 20252 Woodhill Road Portishead BS20 7ET
Received 14 Mar 2025Ruslin Farm Rusling Lane Butcombe BS40 7XQ
Received 14 Mar 2025Row Of Ashes Farm Yewtree Batch Butcombe BS40 5TT
Received 14 Mar 2025Row Of Ashes Farm Yewtree Batch Butcombe BS40 5TT
Received 14 Mar 20254 Short Way Failand BS8 3UF
Received 14 Mar 2025Atm Site 1 - 2 Pages Court Yatton
Received 14 Mar 2025Backwell School Station Road Backwell BS48 3BX
Received 14 Mar 2025Land Off Junction At Broadway And Loxton Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4RF
Received 14 Mar 202514 Milton Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2SB
Received 14 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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