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.
9,695 approved · 1,166 refused · 605 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To Kingstone Lodge Bridge Road Leigh Woods
Received 6 May 2025Land West Of Silver Moor Lane Banwell BS29 6LQ
Received 6 May 20259 Marine Parade Clevedon BS21 7QS
Received 6 May 202512 Claremont Court Park Road Clevedon BS21 7JG
Received 6 May 202515 Kew Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2NR
Received 6 May 20256 Hawthorn Park Weston-super-Mare BS22 9EF
Received 7 May 202543 Hill Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RY
Received 7 May 202545 Hill Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RZ
Received 7 May 2025Land Off Bath Road (former Blagdon Water Garden Centre) Langford Churchill BS40 5DN
Received 2 May 2025Land To The Rear (East) Of 79 Whitesfield Road Nailsea
Received 7 May 202583 Nore Road Portishead BS20 6JZ
Received 8 May 202516 Church Road Winscombe BS25 1BQ
Received 8 May 202511 Nelson Court Weston-super-Mare BS22 9QF
Received 8 May 20256A Kings Road Clevedon BS21 7HA
Received 8 May 2025Unit 14 Old Mill Road Portishead BS20 7BX
Received 8 May 2025Student Accommodation Langford House Langford Road Langford BS40 5DU
Received 8 May 2025Land West Of Rodney Road Backwell
Received 8 May 2025Little Manor Nailsea Wall Lane Nailsea BS48 4DD
Received 8 May 2025Little Manor Nailsea Wall Lane Nailsea BS48 4DD
Received 8 May 2025Beech Barn Portbury Common Portishead BS20 7TA
Received 9 May 2025Willows Church Walk Wrington BS40 5QQ
Received 9 May 202532 Colliers Gardens Backwell BS48 3DT
Received 9 May 202567 Wetlands Lane Portishead BS20 6RJ
Received 9 May 202526 Stonewell Drive Congresbury BS49 5DW
Received 9 May 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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