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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 dates18,150Searchable applications
489Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 13,882 approved or refused records
1,490Refused applications
12,392 approved · 1,490 refused · 823 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/2463/AOC
Request to discharge condition 4 (Works to match existing materials) from Listed Building Consent Application 24/P/2187/LBC.
93 Station Road Nailsea BS48 1TD
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Decided25/P/2464/S73
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (plans) attached to planning permission 25/P/1480/FUH (Proposed erection of a first floor extension above the existing single storey side extension and erection of a two storey side extension. New single storey rear extension together with first floor side/rear extension above. New front porch and erection of a detached Garden room to the rear of the dwelling.) to allow for an amendment to the front porch from a single-storey porch to a two-storey porch.
2 Mendip View Hodders Lane Wick St Lawrence Weston-super-Mare BS22 7YG
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Decided25/P/2465/FUL
Proposed erection of a flat roof car port to the rear car parking area with a solar panelled roof.
139 High Street Portishead BS20 6PY
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Decided25/P/2466/FUH
Proposed erection of a new first floor extension above an existing single storey element to create 2no. extra bedrooms and a bathroom.
2 Warren Lane Long Ashton BS41 9DA
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Decided25/P/2467/AOC
Request to discharge condition 59 (Mechanical Ventilation and Extractor Flues) from application 12/P/1510/OT2.
Former Weston Airfield Winterstoke Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Decided25/P/2470/TBCA
Prior Approval for a proposed temporary use as a recreational campsite for up to 50 tent pitches
Riverside Holiday Village Bridgwater Road Bleadon BS24 0AN
Received 28 Nov 2025 - Decided25/P/2472/ELE
Notification under the Overhead Exemption Regulations of 2009 of the intention to install 1no. electricity pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Land At Grey Gables Ham Link Burrington BS40 7AR
Received 26 Nov 2025 - Decided25/P/2473/FUH
Proposed demolition of existing rear extension and erection of new single-storey rear extension and two-storey side extension.
6 Lynch Crescent Winscombe BS25 1AS
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2474/FUH
Proposed removal of existing conservatory and erection of a single-storey rear extension.
3 Cadogan Grove Backwell BS48 3QN
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2475/TRCA
Cypress x2 (T1 & (T2) Fell.
3 Clarence Gardens Portishead BS20 6BN
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2476/TRCA
Beech (T1) Fell.
7 Clarence Gardens Portishead BS20 6BN
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2477/TRCA
T1: Sycamore - 1m crown reduction, 3m crown lift T2: Reduce Portuguese laurel by 1.5m.
Flat 1 9 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1XE
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2478/TPO
Ash (T1) - Re pollard to previous points
4 The Glen Weston-super-Mare BS22 9RN
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2479/AOC
Request for the partial discharge condition 35 (BREEAM Design Stage Certificate) From application 18/P/5118/OUT.
Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington BS48 3DP
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2480/AOC
Request to discharge condition 8 (Surface water drainage details and programme of implementation) on application 23/P/1492/FUL.
The Poplars Bridge Road Bleadon Weston-super-Mare BS24 0AU
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2481/S73
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (plans) attached to planning permission 21/P/1456/FUL (Change of use from agricultural barn to new dwelling with construction of a single storey side extension.) to allow for an enlargement of the dwelling as well as an enlargement to the extension and for small amendments to the plan for the access drive and the landscaping adjacent to the building.
Barn At Dundry Lane Dundry
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2482/AOC
Request to discharge condition 25 (BREEAM Assessment/Certificate) on application 25/P/0099/FUL.
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd 2 Arnolds Way Yatton BS49 4GT
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2483/NMA
Non-Material Amendment to application 25/P/1496/FU2 (Section 73 application to amend application 23/P/2185/FU2 (Hybrid planning application (full and outline elements) with Environmental Statement for the construction of new office campus (Use (Class E(g)(i)) with associated external and below ground works) to allow for amendments to Office Building One, both utility buildings, the basement car park, sitewide landscaping, the solar PV field, the borefield and sitewide lighting.) to allow for alterations to conditions 8 (Detailed Drawings) and 9 (Sample Panels) to specify the 'trigger' as the construction of buildings.
Land SW Of Long Ashton Park And Ride Off Gurney Roundabout (A370) And Colliters Way Long Ashton
Received 1 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2484/TPO
1no. Self-seeded Sycamore - Re-Pollard to previous points. 1no. Beech - Reduce by 1m and cut back from neighbouring property.
15 Wellington Terrace Clevedon BS21 7PT
Received 2 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2485/TRCA
T1 (Evergreen Oak): Crown reduction by 4m. T2 (Oak): Crown reduction by 2m.
3 Broadoaks North Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PN
Received 2 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2486/AOC
Request to discharge condition 6 (External materials used in development) on application 22/P/0564/OUT.
Land South Of Bristol Road And North Of Bath Road Churchill
Received 2 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2487/FUL
Construction of access track, retaining wall, gates, and alterations to existing entrance (part retrospective).
Land Off West Hay Road Wrington
Received 2 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2488/AOC
Request to discharge condition 8 (Verification report) on application 23/P/0365/FUL.
Verdi Cars Weston Road Long Ashton BS48 3QS
Received 2 Dec 2025 - Decided25/P/2489/S73
Section 73 Application to Vary Condition 2 attached to Planning Permission Ref: 21/P/1631/FUL (Demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings, erection of 1no. two storey dwelling, detached garage and outbuilding.) to allow for amendments to the design and layout of the dwelling whilst slightly reducing the footprint, maintaining the position on site.
The Retreat Main Road Flax Bourton BS48 3QJ
Received 2 Dec 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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