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.
9,401 approved · 1,143 refused · 581 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Hardwick Road Pill BS20 0DG
Received 26 Mar 20257 Cabot Way Pill BS20 0HD
Received 26 Mar 202512 Lodge Close Yatton BS49 4DX
Received 26 Mar 2025Bishops Farm Bishops Road Cleeve BS49 4NF
Received 26 Mar 2025Eden Apartments 39 South Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2LX
Received 26 Mar 2025Chandos Court 5 Ellenborough Park North Weston-super-Mare
Received 26 Mar 202535 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 26 Mar 202548 Ash Hayes Road Nailsea BS48 2LW
Received 26 Mar 202525 Spring Hill Weston-super-Mare BS22 9AR
Received 26 Mar 202516 Lodway Pill BS20 0DH
Received 26 Mar 2025Agricultural Store At New Orchard Farm Puxton Lane Hewish Weston-super-Mare BS24 6TA
Received 26 Mar 202525 Valley Road Clevedon BS21 6AQ
Received 26 Mar 2025Bishops Farm Bishops Road Cleeve BS49 4NF
Received 26 Mar 202531 The Bramleys Portishead BS20 7LL
Received 26 Mar 202519 Chestnut Road Long Ashton BS41 9HR
Received 26 Mar 20251 Purn Way Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0QE
Received 27 Mar 202563 Westward Drive Pill BS20 0JW
Received 27 Mar 2025Church View The Causeway Yatton BS49 4HL
Received 27 Mar 2025East Lodge Winscombe Hill Winscombe BS25 1DH
Received 27 Mar 2025Halebrook Bridgwater Road Winscombe BS25 1NH
Received 27 Mar 202511 Snowberry Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 6SL
Received 27 Mar 2025The Field Wrington Road Congresbury
Received 27 Mar 202576C Worlebury Hill Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9TD
Received 27 Mar 202576C Worlebury Hill Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9TD
Received 27 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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