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.
9,367 approved · 1,142 refused · 573 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grasshays Norton Lane Kewstoke Weston-super-Mare BS22 9YP
Received 19 Mar 2025Land Opposite Purn Farm Bridgwater Road Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0AN
Received 18 Mar 202543 The Maples Nailsea BS48 4RU
Received 19 Mar 202523 Nailsea Park Nailsea BS48 1BA
Received 19 Mar 202562 Fosseway Clevedon BS21 5EL
Received 19 Mar 2025Highridge Farm Oxleaze Lane Dundry BS41 8JZ
Received 19 Mar 2025Land On The South Side Of Coleridge Road Rear Of Weston Youth Centre Weston-super-Mare BS23 3UW
Received 19 Mar 202516 Banks Close Clevedon BS21 5DF
Received 19 Mar 2025Court House 110 High Street Nailsea BS48 1AH
Received 19 Mar 2025Court House 110 High Street Nailsea BS48 1AH
Received 19 Mar 20257 Berkeley Crescent Uphill Weston-super-Mare BS23 4XZ
Received 20 Mar 202530 Providence Lane Long Ashton BS41 9DJ
Received 20 Mar 202533 Elmsleigh Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JW
Received 20 Mar 2025New Croft Barn Tickenham Hill Tickenham BS21 6SH
Received 20 Mar 2025The Barn, 1 Haydens High Street Wrington
Received 20 Mar 202521 Woodview Drive Cleeve BS49 4NN
Received 20 Mar 20251 Regent Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1SE
Received 20 Mar 2025Pavement O/S Plumley Court 6 Clarence Road South Weston-super-Mare
Received 20 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To The Gables Abbots Leigh Road Abbots Leigh
Received 20 Mar 2025Old Mortuary Building Bristol Veterinary School Stock Lane Langford
Received 20 Mar 2025Blagdon Pumping Station Station Road Blagdon BS40 7UN
Received 20 Mar 202517 Byron Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3XG
Received 20 Mar 2025Land To The Rear Of 26 Coronation Road Hill Road Worle, Weston-super-Mare
Received 20 Mar 202547 Keedwell Hill Long Ashton BS41 9DP
Received 20 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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