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Planning application documents: what to read first
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North Somerset Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates14,004Searchable applications
492Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 10,679 approved or refused records
1,151Refused applications
9,528 approved · 1,151 refused · 590 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Search for a planningapplicationContact planning Report a breach of planningLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Book our pre-application advice
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas39 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas37 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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More application records
- Decided25/P/0827/FUH
Proposed removal of external cement render and repoint exposed masonry with lime mortar. Expose brickwork of existing chimney and restore leadwork.
The Cottage Church Road South Portishead BS20 6PU
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0828/LBC
Listed Building Consent for the removal of external cement render and repoint exposed masonry with lime mortar. Expose brickwork of existing chimney and restore leadwork alongside the installation of lead tray to kitchen chimney. Minor internal demolition works, structural alteration/repair to the kitchen ceiling and addition of a bootroom partition.
The Cottage Church Road South Portishead BS20 6PU
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0830/TPO
T1 Beech tree. Reduce crown by 1.5 metres. T2 Beech tree. Reduce crown by 2 metres. T3 Beech tree. Reduce crown by 2 metres
24 Bay Road Clevedon BS21 7BT
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0831/FUH
Proposed removal of existing roof and formation of a first floor with a flat-roof, rear pitched roof and 2no. rear dormers. Relocation of main access door and replacement with 1no. window.
7 The Crescent Worlebury Weston-super-Mare BS22 9SR
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0832/FUL
Creation of a shop front to 7 Meadow Street, with new stairs to access the floors above. Conversion of existing storage and residential areas on first and second floors into two self contained 2-bed apartments, one on each floor. Alterations to windows to rear elevation.
7 - 9 Meadow Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QG
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0833/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension and fenestration alterations including the installation of 2no. windows to the side elevation.
28 Theynes Croft Long Ashton BS41 9NA
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0834/FUH
Proposed erection of a first floor extension atop existing single storey side extension.
19 Helston Road Nailsea BS48 2UA
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0835/FUL
Erection of 1no. attached dwelling with associated works.
41 Chescombe Road Yatton BS49 4EU
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0836/RM
Reserved Matters for access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the erection of 21no. dwellings and associated infrastructure and landscaping pursuant to Outline approval 13/P/0997/OT2 (Outline application with Environmental Impact assessment for large scale major mixed use residential, employment, education and infrastructure development to include up to 1200no. residential dwellings (excludes 250 dwellings consented under phases 1&2); up to 5.5ha of employment development - use classes B1, B2 and B8 (excludes B1 development consented under phase 1); up to 2.1ha of retail, services, cafe, restaurant, drinking, takeaway and community uses - classes A1/2/3/4/5/&D1; up to 5.15ha leisure use - D2 with ancillary uses; primary school - 2.4ha; secondary education - 1.8ha; with 32.4ha of landscaping, open space and necessary infrastructure works (includes elements within phase 1&2) and construction of new access from A371 (to amend access approved under leisure dome infrastructure consent). Details of access off A371 to be decided but appearance, landscaping, layout and scale all reserved for subsequent approval)
Land At Phase 3A Locking Parklands At Junction Of Bowen Road And Engineers Gardens Locking
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0837/FUL
Erection of block of 9no. apartments with associated parking, landscaping and all associated infrastructure
Land At Junction Of Cranwell Road And Bowen Road Locking
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0839/FUH
Proposed demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a single storey rear extension.
34 St Marys Park Nailsea BS48 4RP
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0840/LDP
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed storage building (barn measuring 6.0m x 4.5m x maximum 3.0m high) for storing implements and general storage space in connection with the present use of the land.
Land Off Junction Of Barton Road And Parsons Way Winscombe BS25 1BU
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0841/TRCA
Box Elder (T1) Crown reduce by 4m back to the previous pruning points. Norway Maple (T2) Crown reduce in height by 2m and 1m laterally. Norway Maple (T3) Crown reduce by 3-3.5m back to the previous pruning points.
Alderbrook 5 Yanley Lane Long Ashton BS41 9LQ
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0842/TRCA
Elderflower (T1) Fell
128 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9LS
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0843/TRCA
Sycamore (T1) Fell
4 Folleigh Drive Long Ashton BS41 9JD
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0844/TRCA
Ash (T1) Crown lift to 3m. Reduce lateral spread on the north and east sides by upto 2m to maintain a reasonable clearance from the adjacent properties.
2 Kenn Road Clevedon BS21 6EL
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0845/TPO
Silver Birch (T1, TPO 618) - fell to ground level due to condition. Propose to replant an oak tree in the field we own behind the garden in addition to recent fruit trees.
9 Lynch Crescent Winscombe BS25 1AS
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0846/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the removal of existing side conservatory and erection of a larger replacement conservatory in place.
14 Knightcott Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3SB
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0847/FUL
Alterations to shopfront
134 High Street Nailsea BS48 1AP
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0848/FUH
Proposed erection of a first floor rear extension above existing single storey extension.
4 Garstons Close Wrington BS40 5QT
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0849/PIP
Permission in Principle for infill residential development for up to 4 dwellings
Land West Of Bramley Rise Tickenham
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0850/FUL
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 attached to planning permission 22/P/2396/FUL (Demolition of an existing dwelling (log cabin) and the erection of a replacement dwelling) to allow for repositioning of dwelling approved.
Land At The Moor Dairy (Log Cabin) Moor Road Banwell
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0851/TPO
T1 holm oak - cut back branches to suitable growth point to create a 2.5 metre clearance from property.
2 Myrtle Gardens Yatton BS49 4BA
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided25/P/0852/TRCA
T1 yew - reduce crown by up to 2m
51A Hill Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RZ
Received 24 Apr 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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