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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.
10,119 approved · 1,210 refused · 645 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Fieldway Sandford Winscombe BS25 5PR
Received 20 Jun 2025Land At Rectory Farm Chescombe Road Yatton
Received 20 Jun 202544 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JA
Received 20 Jun 202510 Ladymead Lane Langford BS40 5EG
Received 23 Jun 20252 Queens Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2LG
Received 23 Jun 2025Somerville 17 Atlantic Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DG
Received 23 Jun 202517A Clevedon Road Nailsea BS48 1EH
Received 23 Jun 2025Pavement Outside 77/79 Old Street Clevedon
Received 23 Jun 202572 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9LE
Received 23 Jun 202532A Station Road Backwell BS48 3NH
Received 23 Jun 2025Ashcombe Primary Earlham Grove Weston-super-Mare BS23 3JW
Received 23 Jun 202538 Derham Park Yatton BS49 4EA
Received 23 Jun 20258 Wellington Court Wellington Terrace Clevedon BS21 7PX
Received 23 Jun 2025Land South Of Old Banwell Road And North Of Banwell Road Elborough Locking
Received 23 Jun 2025Orchard Cottage Banwell Road Christon BS26 2XX
Received 23 Jun 2025Flat 1 19 Atlantic Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DG
Received 24 Jun 2025Grangewood House Manor Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RP
Received 24 Jun 2025Grangewood House Manor Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RP
Received 24 Jun 2025Flat 1 St Kews 4 Atlantic Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DG
Received 24 Jun 202525 South Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2HD
Received 24 Jun 2025Lake Farm Shiplate Road Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0NY
Received 24 Jun 202532 Beaumont Close Weston-super-Mare BS23 4LL
Received 24 Jun 2025Former Hot Tub Showroom, Lakeside Bridgwater Road Barrow Gurney BS48 3SJ
Received 24 Jun 2025Land To The Rear Of 30-31 Birdwell Road And 31 Birdwell Road Long Ashton BS41 9BB
Received 24 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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