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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.
10,182 approved · 1,217 refused · 648 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Rodney Road Backwell BS48 3HB
Received 30 Jun 202552 Brockley Crescent Weston-super-Mare BS24 9LG
Received 30 Jun 2025Flat 7 Nigella Court 22 Southside Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QX
Received 30 Jun 202512 Madam Lane Weston-super-Mare BS22 6PJ
Received 30 Jun 20255 Orchard Close Banwell BS29 6DF
Received 30 Jun 2025Moor Farm Puxton Lane Hewish Weston-super-Mare BS24 6TH
Received 30 Jun 2025Moor Farm Puxton Lane Hewish Weston-super-Mare BS24 6TH
Received 30 Jun 2025Pavement O/S 2 Homestead Portishead BS20 8JF
Received 30 Jun 202511 Old Street Clevedon BS21 6ND
Received 1 Jul 202510B Ellenborough Park Road ( Formerly Known As The Courtyard Room East And The Courtyard Room West And Formerly Known As Ellenborough Park North) Weston-super-Mare BS23 1XJ
Received 1 Jul 20254 Chelvey Cottages Chelvey Lane Backwell BS48 4AE
Received 1 Jul 202514 Knightcott Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3SB
Received 1 Jul 20251B Estune Walk Long Ashton BS41 9EP
Received 1 Jul 202522 Boulevard Weston-super-Mare BS23 1NA
Received 1 Jul 202512 Knightcott Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3SB
Received 1 Jul 2025Parcel 8364 Church Lane Chew Stoke Bristol
Received 1 Jul 202578 Weston Road Long Ashton BS41 9BP
Received 1 Jul 2025Land Opposite Gilbert Ash Epic Site Office Colliters Way Long Ashton
Received 1 Jul 2025Flat 4 19 Montpelier Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RJ
Received 2 Jul 202514 Winstones Road Barrow Gurney BS48 3AL
Received 2 Jul 202510 Kilkenny Place Portishead BS20 6JD
Received 2 Jul 202556 Dial Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7HN
Received 2 Jul 2025100 Walton Road Clevedon BS21 6AN
Received 2 Jul 20257 Woodhill Road Portishead BS20 7EU
Received 3 Jul 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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