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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.
10,016 approved · 1,199 refused · 639 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Black Nore Point Nore Road Portishead BS20 8GB
Received 11 Jun 202514 Baker Close Clevedon BS21 7TW
Received 11 Jun 202529 Currells Lane Felton Bristol BS40 9XF
Received 11 Jun 2025Parcels 2.1a, 2.1b, 2.2a And 2.2b At Parklands Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 11 Jun 2025Grenadier 3 Manor Orchard Purn Way Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0QE
Received 11 Jun 20251 Mendip Edge Weston-super-Mare BS24 9JF
Received 11 Jun 202527 Sunningdale Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6XG
Received 11 Jun 2025Backwell Scout And Guide Hut Rodney Road Backwell BS48 3HR
Received 11 Jun 2025Birnbeck Pier Birnbeck Island Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 11 Jun 2025162 Badger Rise Portishead BS20 8LU
Received 11 Jun 2025Birnbeck Pier Birnbeck Island Birnbeck Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 11 Jun 2025Land NW Of Eastermead Lane At Banwell Football Club Riverside Banwell BS29 6EE
Received 12 Jun 20252 Meadway Avenue Nailsea BS48 2DU
Received 12 Jun 202548 Old Street Clevedon BS21 6BU
Received 12 Jun 2025Parcels 2.1a, 2.1b, 2.2a And 2.2b At Parklands Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 12 Jun 2025Gravel Hill Farm Gravel Hill Regil BS40 8BJ
Received 12 Jun 2025Land At Kenn Road Yatton
Received 12 Jun 20252 Manor Cottages Clevedon Road Walton-in-Gordano Clevedon BS21 7AN
Received 12 Jun 202521 Brean Down Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JQ
Received 12 Jun 2025Charter House Clapton Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7RD
Received 13 Jun 2025Elliston House 33A Clevedon Road Failand BS8 3UL
Received 13 Jun 202530 Well Close Winscombe BS25 1HQ
Received 13 Jun 202590 Teignmouth Road Clevedon BS21 6DR
Received 13 Jun 2025Nat West 25 High Street Portishead BS20 6BL
Received 13 Jun 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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