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.
10,043 approved · 1,203 refused · 642 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
86 Cedern Avenue Elborough Weston-super-Mare BS24 8PD
Received 13 Jun 2025Blagdon Water Recycling Centre Station Road Blagdon BS40 7UN
Received 13 Jun 2025Land At Brinsea Green Farm Brinsea Lane Congresbury
Received 13 Jun 2025Stables Moor Lane Clevedon
Received 13 Jun 202514 Ransford Clevedon BS21 7YW
Received 13 Jun 2025Deep Acres Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SA
Received 16 Jun 20251 White Lodge Park Portishead BS20 7HH
Received 16 Jun 202515 Church Road North Portishead BS20 6PS
Received 16 Jun 2025Glebelands Station Road Congresbury BS49 5DX
Received 16 Jun 202529 Newfoundland Way Portishead BS20 7FP
Received 16 Jun 2025Four Gables Netherton Wood Lane Nailsea BS48 4NW
Received 16 Jun 202530A Wellington Terrace Clevedon BS21 7PT
Received 16 Jun 202514 Coronation Road Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0PQ
Received 17 Jun 202523 Weston Road Failand BS8 3UR
Received 17 Jun 20254 Chapel Hill Backwell BS48 3PW
Received 17 Jun 2025Flax Bourton C Of E Primary Station Road Flax Bourton BS48 1UA
Received 17 Jun 20258, 9 And 10 Crown Glass Place Nailsea BS48 1RD
Received 17 Jun 202531 Turnbury Avenue Nailsea BS48 2UU
Received 17 Jun 202559 Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7PD
Received 17 Jun 202538 North Street Nailsea Bristol BS48 4BS
Received 18 Jun 20259 Belmont Road Winscombe BS25 1LE
Received 18 Jun 2025Banwell Bypass Land To North And East Of Banwell Including Mitigation Highway Land In Sandford, Winscombe And Churchill
Received 18 Jun 202535 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QG
Received 18 Jun 20254 Montpelier Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RG
Received 18 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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