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.
9,380 approved · 1,142 refused · 578 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Moorland Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4HN
Received 20 Mar 2025Yew Tree Batch Yewtree Batch Butcombe BS40 7XG
Received 20 Mar 20255 Central Walk Weston-super-Mare BS23 1FF
Received 21 Mar 202516 Drakes Way Portishead BS20 6LB
Received 21 Mar 2025Nailsea United Football Club St Mary's Grove Nailsea BS48 4NQ
Received 21 Mar 2025Land Off Moor Road Yatton
Received 21 Mar 2025Hounsley View Pool Lane Winford BS40 8BP
Received 21 Mar 20253 Hill Gay Close Portishead BS20 8HX
Received 21 Mar 2025Yew Tree Cottage The Batch Butcombe BS40 7UX
Received 21 Mar 202537 Sidcot Lane Winscombe BS25 1LP
Received 21 Mar 20252 Cabot Way Pill BS20 0HD
Received 21 Mar 202571 Westbrook Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8JZ
Received 24 Mar 20255 The Maples Cleeve BS49 4FS
Received 24 Mar 202518 Rectory Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QB
Received 24 Mar 2025155 Kenn Road Clevedon BS21 6LN
Received 24 Mar 20256 The Paddock Banwell BS29 6DH
Received 24 Mar 20251 Hart Close Pill BS20 0BY
Received 24 Mar 2025Broadlands Ridgeway Road Long Ashton Bristol BS41 9ET
Received 24 Mar 2025Land At University Of Bristol Langford Campus Stock Lane Langford Churchill BS40 5DU
Received 24 Mar 202563 Cherry Avenue Clevedon BS21 6DX
Received 24 Mar 2025Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd 2 Arnolds Way Yatton BS49 4GT
Received 24 Mar 2025Withyhurst Riverside Banwell BS29 6EH
Received 24 Mar 2025Land SW Of Long Ashton Park And Ride Off Gurney Roundabout (A370) And Colliters Way Long Ashton
Received 24 Mar 2025Birdcombe Court Barn Tower House Lane Wraxall BS48 1JR
Received 24 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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