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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
12,589 approved · 1,522 refused · 844 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Barrow Court Barrow Court Lane Barrow Gurney BS48 3RP
Received 12 Dec 202510 West Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1JT
Received 12 Dec 20258 Orchard Place Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QP
Received 12 Dec 2025Agricultural Buildings At New Farm Upper Town Lane Felton Winford
Received 12 Dec 202538 St James Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 12 Dec 20257 Purn Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 9JQ
Received 12 Dec 202548 Corondale Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8PY
Received 12 Dec 2025140 High Street Weston-super-Mare BS23 1HP
Received 15 Dec 2025Flat 2 Endcliffe Mansions 8 Atlantic Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DG
Received 15 Dec 2025Garden Flat 6 Atlantic Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DG
Received 15 Dec 2025New House Leg Lane Rickford BS40 7AH
Received 15 Dec 2025Manor Farm Brinsea Lane Congresbury BS49 5JN
Received 15 Dec 2025131 Heron Gardens Portishead BS20 7BN
Received 15 Dec 202511 The Crescent Worlebury Weston-super-Mare BS22 9SR
Received 15 Dec 2025Land South Of Churchland Way, Wolvershill Road (Parklands, Mead Fields) Banwell Weston-super-Mare
Received 15 Dec 2025Blagdon Pumping Station Station Road Blagdon BS40 7UN
Received 15 Dec 20251 Lodge Drive Long Ashton BS41 9JF
Received 15 Dec 202530 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9LD
Received 15 Dec 2025Land West Of Weir Lane Wraxall
Received 15 Dec 2025Maywood Atlantic Road South Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DF
Received 15 Dec 2025Purn Farm Industrial Estate Accommodation Road Bleadon BS24 0AN
Received 16 Dec 20253 Frost Hill Yatton BS49 4JN
Received 16 Dec 2025Land West Of Flax Bourton Road Failand
Received 16 Dec 202522 Church Road Winscombe BS25 1BG
Received 16 Dec 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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