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.
9,720 approved · 1,167 refused · 607 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barn Adjacent To The Hideaway Crookes Lane Kewstoke
Received 9 May 2025Rotary Court 37 South Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2LY
Received 9 May 20259 Westerleigh Road Clevedon BS21 7UR
Received 9 May 2025Land At Ashton Hill Farm Weston Road Failand BS8 3US
Received 9 May 2025Glen Orchy Lake Road Portishead BS20 7JA
Received 9 May 20255 Short Way Failand Bristol BS8 3UF
Received 12 May 2025Flat 1 1 Kew Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2NP
Received 12 May 20253 Mannock Gardens Locking Weston-super-Mare BS24 7NG
Received 12 May 2025Lynchmead Bungalow And Annexe Ebdon Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9NY
Received 12 May 2025Shepherds Wood Whitling Street Regil BS40 8BW
Received 12 May 2025Flat 4 10 Bellevue Road Clevedon BS21 7NR
Received 12 May 2025Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth
Received 12 May 202572 Nore Road Portishead BS20 8DU
Received 12 May 2025Grey Gables Ham Link Burrington BS40 7AR
Received 12 May 2025Barn To East Of The Hideaway Crookes Lane Kewstoke
Received 13 May 20252 Coombe Wood Cottages Winscombe Hill Winscombe BS25 1DG
Received 13 May 2025Winscombe Motors Woodborough Road Winscombe BS25 1AD
Received 13 May 202525 Balmoral Way Weston-super-Mare BS22 9AD
Received 13 May 2025Oldlands Bannerleigh Road Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PF
Received 13 May 202539 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1EE
Received 13 May 202519 Westfield Clevedon BS21 5DD
Received 14 May 20259 Estune Walk Long Ashton BS41 9EP
Received 14 May 20254 Truro Road Nailsea BS48 2UE
Received 14 May 2025Eden Apartments 39 South Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2LX
Received 14 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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