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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.
9,492 approved · 1,148 refused · 586 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sidcot Hotel Bridgwater Road Winscombe BS25 1NN
Received 14 Apr 2025Land At The Junction Of Broadoak Hill And Oxleaze Lane Dundry
Received 14 Apr 202511 Hart Close Pill BS20 0BY
Received 15 Apr 2025Old Mortuary Building Located Directly East Of The Student Barn And West Of The Dolberry Building Bristol Veterinary School Stock Lane Langford Churchill
Received 15 Apr 2025Land Off Parsons Way Winscombe BS25 1BT
Received 15 Apr 2025The Coach House Battery Lane Portishead BS20 7JD
Received 16 Apr 202586 Cedern Avenue Elborough Weston-super-Mare BS24 8PD
Received 16 Apr 2025Land To The West And East Of The Strawberry Line Brinsea Road Congresbury
Received 16 Apr 20251 St Ives Close Nailsea BS48 2UD
Received 16 Apr 202512 Frobisher Avenue Portishead BS20 6XB
Received 16 Apr 20255 Broadoak Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4NN
Received 16 Apr 202514 Baker Close Clevedon BS21 7TW
Received 16 Apr 202528 Albert Road Portishead BS20 6PP
Received 16 Apr 2025Glenny Wood Wood Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7RQ
Received 16 Apr 202566 Slade Road Portishead BS20 6BH
Received 16 Apr 2025Court Farmhouse 23 Chescombe Road Yatton BS49 4EN
Received 16 Apr 2025Mendip Villas Crabtree Lane Dundry BS41 8LN
Received 17 Apr 202556 Hazelbury Road Nailsea BS48 2JW
Received 17 Apr 202535A, 35B And 35C Severn Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DP
Received 17 Apr 2025Seymour House Back Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XB
Received 17 Apr 202532 Waterloo Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1LW
Received 17 Apr 202532 Waterloo Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1LW
Received 17 Apr 20251B Wood Hill Park Portishead Bristol BS20 7DR
Received 17 Apr 2025Sunnybrook Cottage Nortons Wood Lane Clevedon BS21 7AF
Received 22 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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