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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.
9,426 approved · 1,145 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
101 Brinsea Road Congresbury BS49 5JL
Received 31 Mar 2025197 Clevedon Road Tickenham Clevedon BS21 6RX
Received 1 Apr 2025Chelvey Court Barn Chelvey Road Chelvey BS48 4AA
Received 1 Apr 2025Pavement O/S 6 Challow Drive Weston-super-Mare BS22 9QX
Received 1 Apr 2025Locking Court Banwell Road Hutton Weston-super-Mare BS24 8AZ
Received 1 Apr 2025Glencoe Spring Terrace (Windsor Road) Weston-super-Mare BS22 9AU
Received 1 Apr 2025Land At Halletts Way Portishead
Received 2 Apr 20259 Estune Walk Long Ashton BS41 9EP
Received 2 Apr 2025North Somerset Show Ground Bristol Road Wraxall
Received 2 Apr 202510 St Marys Road Portishead BS20 6QW
Received 2 Apr 202528 - 30 High Street Portishead BS20 6EN
Received 3 Apr 2025Living Accommodation Loyal Order Of Moose 70 Woodborough Road Winscombe BS25 1BA
Received 3 Apr 20258 Elm Tree Road Clevedon BS21 6JX
Received 3 Apr 20257 Severn Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DW
Received 3 Apr 202580 Merlin Park Portishead BS20 8RN
Received 3 Apr 2025Woodspring Wings Model Aeroplane Club Claverham Drove Lower Claverham
Received 3 Apr 2025Gravel Hill Farm Gravel Hill Regil Winford BS40 8BJ
Received 3 Apr 2025The Rectory Main Road Flax Bourton BS48 3QJ
Received 3 Apr 2025Land West Of Rodney Road Backwell
Received 3 Apr 2025Briar Patch 9 Dark Lane Banwell BS29 6BP
Received 3 Apr 2025All Saints Cottage Strawberry Hill Clevedon BS21 6AF
Received 4 Apr 2025Unit 27 Weston Business Park Laneys Drove Locking Weston-super-Mare BS24 8RA
Received 4 Apr 20256 Glenwood Mansions 6 Shrubbery Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 2JS
Received 4 Apr 2025Nailsea Wall Farm Nailsea Wall Lane Nailsea BS48 4DD
Received 4 Apr 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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