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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.
9,615 approved · 1,163 refused · 594 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The East Of Woodspring Stables Lower Norton Lane Kewstoke
Received 25 Apr 2025Annexe 82 Kewstoke Road Kewstoke Weston-super-Mare BS22 9YH
Received 28 Apr 202577 The Downs Portishead BS20 6EE
Received 28 Apr 202516 Elmsleigh Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JN
Received 28 Apr 2025Towerhurst Church Road Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PG
Received 28 Apr 2025Land Off Back Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XD
Received 28 Apr 2025115 And 117 Avon Way Portishead BS20 6LT
Received 28 Apr 202527 Whitecross Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1EP
Received 28 Apr 2025Land Off Roman Road Sandford
Received 28 Apr 2025Box Bush Farm Lye Cross Road Redhill BS40 5RH
Received 29 Apr 2025Stepstones Farm Half Yard Langford BS40 5HS
Received 29 Apr 202549A Stafford Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3BS
Received 29 Apr 2025Land At Sheephouse Park Marsh Lane Easton-in-Gordano
Received 29 Apr 2025The Old Parlour Barn Midgell Farm Chelvey Road Chelvey BS48 4AA
Received 29 Apr 2025Land Between 92 And 98 Clevedon Road Tickenham
Received 29 Apr 2025Backwell Radio Station Long Lane Backwell Hill Backwell BS48 3DA
Received 29 Apr 2025Land To The West And East Of The Strawberry Line Brinsea Road Congresbury
Received 24 Apr 20255 Manor Close Portishead BS20 8NX
Received 29 Apr 2025Church House Mews Broad Street Congresbury BS49 5DG
Received 30 Apr 20257 Penrice Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 9AH
Received 30 Apr 2025Land SW Of Long Ashton Park And Ride Off Gurney Roundabout (A370) And Colliters Way Long Ashton
Received 30 Apr 2025Hillside Motor Co 203 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RX
Received 30 Apr 202564 Currells Lane Felton Winford BS40 9XF
Received 30 Apr 20259 Little Ham Clevedon BS21 5HH
Received 30 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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