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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
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
12,321 approved · 1,479 refused · 813 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
National Nautical School Nore Road Portishead BS20 8EJ
Received 17 Nov 2025National Nautical School Nore Road Portishead BS20 8EJ
Received 17 Nov 2025Beachams Barn Iwood Farm Lane Congresbury BS40 5AQ
Received 17 Nov 202545 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3HG
Received 17 Nov 202518 Sand Road Kewstoke Weston-super-Mare BS22 9UH
Received 17 Nov 2025Land Off The Glebe Wrington BS40 5LX
Received 17 Nov 2025Pavement To The Side Of 26 Hill Park Congresbury BS49 5BT
Received 17 Nov 2025Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington BS48 3DY
Received 14 Nov 2025Land At Newhouse Farm Moor Lane (off Court Lane) Clevedon BS21 6TD
Received 17 Nov 2025Land West Of Ladymead Lane Ladymead Lane Langford
Received 17 Nov 202516 Keedwell Hill Long Ashton BS41 9DR
Received 17 Nov 202513A Orchard Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1RG
Received 17 Nov 2025The Heights 34 Wellington Terrace Clevedon
Received 17 Nov 20252 George Close Backwell BS48 3LZ
Received 18 Nov 2025Land To The East Of Gatcombe Farm Weston Road Long Ashton
Received 18 Nov 2025Mulberry Villa Mulberry Lane Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0PH
Received 18 Nov 2025Corner House Eastermead Lane Banwell BS29 6PD
Received 18 Nov 2025Land Adjacent To Barley Farm Old Hill Wrington BS40 5SR
Received 18 Nov 2025Land To The West Of Wild Country Lane Long Ashton
Received 18 Nov 2025Myrtle Farm Cottage Myrtle Farm The Street Regil
Received 18 Nov 2025The Old Chapel East Street Banwell BS29 6BN
Received 18 Nov 2025Nailsea Court Chelvey Road Chelvey
Received 19 Nov 202511 Orchard Road Nailsea BS48 2DZ
Received 19 Nov 2025Corner Of Westacre/Opposite Ashanti Belton Road Portishead BS20 8DR
Received 18 Nov 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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