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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.
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North Somerset planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official North Somerset website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates17,874Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 13,673 approved or refused records
1,460Refused applications
12,213 approved · 1,460 refused · 802 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2019 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Search for a planningapplicationContact planning Report a breach of planningLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Book our pre-application advice
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas39 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas37 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
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More application records
- Decided25/P/2183/TRCA
Copper Beech - along driveway to dwelling - fell to ground level / monolith at 5m.
Milfort House Langford Road Langford BS40 5BN
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2184/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install new a new 9m light wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
Land To West Of 65 Chescombe Road Yatton
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Registered25/P/2185/RM
Application for the approval of reserved matters (appearance, layout, scale and hard/soft landscaping) in relation to the access bridge, pursuant to outline planning permissions 21/03166/P (Bristol City Council) and 21/P/1679/OUT (North Somerset Council).
Land East Of Long Ashton Park And Ride Land North Of Metrobus, Ashton Vale Ashton Road Long Ashton
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Unknown25/P/2186/TPO
Removal of multiple trees as per submitted tree report
Wood Smoke Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SD
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2187/AOC
Request to Discharge condition 6 (CEMP) from application 24/P/2613/FUL.
Lyncombe Farm Churchill Green Churchill Winscombe BS25 5QH
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2188/FUL
Proposed demolition of existing fire-damaged dwellings and erection of 2no. new dwellings in-place.
Leigh And Clifton Cottages Langford Road Langford BS40 5BW
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2189/TRCA
(T1) Western Red Cedar - Crown reduce by approximately 5 metres to most suitable lateral growth points, to retain a proportionately sized canopy for the garden size.
St Margarets The Causeway Yatton BS49 4HL
Received 20 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2190/FUL
Change of Use from Residential (C3) to Children's Home (C2)
10 Brook Gardens Langford Churchill BS40 5AP
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2191/H2PA
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposal to construct an additional storey to existing dwellinghouse, to a maximum height of 6.07 metres.
Caravan At Linden Grove The Batch Butcombe BS40 7UY
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2192/TRCA
T1-Eucalyptus Fell.
3 Chapel Hill Backwell BS48 3PW
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2193/S73
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (plans) attached to planning permission 24/P/2543/FUL (erection of 4no. dwellings with private access drive, detached garages, demolition of domestic shed and associated works) to allow for change of house types proposed.
Land East Of 68 Clevedon Road Tickenham
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2194/FUL
Provision of a new campervan/campsite for holiday use, and its associated works on land to north of Church Lane, along with additional works to the Parsonage Farm yard, comprising demolition of an existing barn, re roofing and external changes to a further existing barn, and replacement hard surfacing.
Land At Parsonage Farm 9 Church Lane Long Ashton BS41 9LU
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2195/LBC
Listed building consent for the provision of a new campervan/campsite for holiday use, and its associated works on land to north of Church Lane, along with additional works to the Parsonage Farm yard, comprising demolition of an existing barn, and re roofing and external changes to a further existing barn, and replacement hard surfacing.
Land At Parsonage Farm 9 Church Lane Long Ashton BS41 9LU
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2196/AOC
Discharge of Condition 3 (Waste and Recycling) on application 25/P/1084/FUL
2C Gallagher Retail Park Marchfields Way Weston-super-Mare BS23 3YY
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2197/CM2A
Determination as to whether Prior Approval is required for the change of use of existing ground floor offices (Use Class E) to 1no. three bedroom residential apartment (Use Class C3)
Manchester House Upper Myrtle Hill Pill BS20 0AW
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2198/FUL
Replace small section of cricket pitch with artificial pitch surface to allow all weather use
Winford Cricket Club Kingston Lane Winford BS40 8DA
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2201/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of the installation of 1no. 9m light wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
Pavement Outside Ivydene Front Street Churchill BS25 5NB
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2202/FUH
Retrospective application for the erection of a timber boundary fence adjacent to the highway and removal / relocation / insertion of existing / new fence panels & associated timber gates to form private amenity space.
1 Beechwood Road Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0NA
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2203/FUL
Installation of 1no. black digital communications kiosk and defibrillator
Pavement Opposite Carlton Centre Carlton Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2204/ADV
Advertisement consent for the installation of digital advertising display integrated within digital communications kiosk
Pavement Opposite Carlton Centre Carlton Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2205/FUL
Installation of 1no. black digital communications kiosk and defibrillator
Pavement Outside 23 High Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2206/ADV
Advertisement consent for the installation of digital advertising display integrated within digital communications kiosk
Pavement Outside 23 High Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2207/FUL
Installation of 1no. black digital communications kiosk and defibrillator
Pavement Outside 36 High Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2208/ADV
Advertisement consent for the installation of digital advertising display integrated within digital communications kiosk
Pavement Outside 36 High Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 22 Oct 2025
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What these statistics cover
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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