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.
9,774 approved · 1,173 refused · 614 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Woolmers Wrington Hill Wrington BS40 5PT
Received 19 May 2025Rosapenna Abbots Leigh Road Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PX
Received 19 May 202529 Brookfield Walk Clevedon BS21 6YG
Received 19 May 2025Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington BS48 3DY
Received 19 May 2025Land Off Nailsea Moor Lane Nailsea
Received 19 May 202519 St Marys Park Road Portishead BS20 6SN
Received 19 May 2025Land East Of 48 Venus Street Congresbury BS49 5EZ
Received 19 May 2025Old Station House Station Road Portbury BS20 7TG
Received 19 May 2025Land Off Greenhill Road Sandford
Received 19 May 202524 Lyvedon Way Long Ashton BS41 9ND
Received 19 May 2025Land Adjacent To Manor Farm Bungalow Lyefield Road Kewstoke
Received 19 May 202530 Grove Road Milton Weston-super-Mare BS22 8HE
Received 19 May 2025Hillview Naish Lane Barrow Gurney BS48 3ST
Received 19 May 2025Walnut Tree House Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Received 20 May 202511 Hillcrest Road Portishead BS20 8HS
Received 20 May 2025Banwell Primary West Street Banwell BS29 6DB
Received 20 May 20251 Kings Road Portishead BS20 8HH
Received 20 May 202530A Ham Green Pill BS20 0HA
Received 20 May 2025Pavement O/S 2C Newland Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3NJ
Received 20 May 2025Parcels 2.1a, 2.1b, 2.2a And 2.2b At Parklands Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 20 May 2025The White House Potters Hill Felton BS40 9XD
Received 20 May 2025Land At Redding Pit Lane Redding Pit Lane Winford
Received 20 May 2025Units 301 - 303 Parkway Weston-super-Mare BS22 6WA
Received 20 May 2025The Old Barn Christon Road Loxton BS26 2XG
Received 21 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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