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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 dates18,947Searchable applications
482Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 14,501 approved or refused records
1,565Refused applications
12,936 approved · 1,565 refused · 876 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Sept 2018 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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Conservation areas39 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas37 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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More application records
- Decided26/P/0087/CM2A
Determination as to whether Prior Approval is required for the change of use of existing Class E (commercial, business and service) to 1no. dwelling (Use Class C3)
First Floor, 1 Somerset Square Nailsea BS48 1RP
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0088/FUH
Proposed replacement of existing gable roofing with new roofing at an increased pitch and ridge height.
3 Cedar Court Wick Road Wick St Lawrence Weston-super-Mare BS22 7YP
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0089/TPO
Red Oak (T1)- Reduce to approx 6m pollarding major limbs
3 Quarry Way Nailsea BS48 2NE
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0090/AOC
Request to discharge condition 4 (Construction Method Statement) from application 25/P/1400/FUL.
Carpenters Tavern Wells Road Dundry BS41 8NE
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0091/FUL
Change of use of part of rear garden to provide 3no. additional private car parking spaces together with the demolition of a short section of boundary wall to provide vehicular access from the adjoining car park
Car Park 22 Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7NZ
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0092/FUH
Proposed demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of a single storey extension in-place. Erection of a single storey infill extension to the front elevation and raised patio to the rear elevation. Raising of existing ridge height and partial loft conversion with the creation of 1no. rear dormer and fenestration alterations throughout.
25 Sidcot Lane Winscombe BS25 1LA
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0093/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the conversion of existing garage and barn to form an office space and cafe respectively.
Ebdon Farm Ebdon Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 9NZ
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0094/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the excavation and engineering operations to restore low-intensity Coastal Floodplain Grazing Marsh. Works to include the creation of new wetland, scrapes, wetland lagoons, reed beds, small bunds, planting, installation of a tilting weir, and a culvert.
Land At Ebdon Farm Ebdon Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0095/S73
Section 73 application to vary condition 2 (plans) attached to planning permission 24/P/1994/FUH (Proposed demolition of existing conservatory. Erection of a Single storey attached garage to the Front elevation, 2no. single storey extensions to the rear elevation and a two-storey extension to the front elevation with attached canopy porch. Fenestration alterations including the removal, replacement and installation of windows and doors. Landscaping alterations and the creation of hardstanding alongside the formation of new vehicular access.) to allow for amendments to the floor plans and elevations to include external terraces with guarding and revised window arrangements including access doors.
21 Clevedon Road Flax Bourton BS48 1NQ
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0096/NMA
Non-material amendment to application 25/P/2078/FUL (Replacement of all existing timber sash windows with like-for-like double-glazed timber sash windows and renewal of roof structure and covering with matching tiles following fire damage. Installation of 3no. rooflights to single storey building) to allow for an alteration to the proposed roof finish from approved concrete tiles to artificial slate.
Southwood House Bannerleigh Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PF
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0097/LDP
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed erection of a single storey rear extension to create a new Utility Room.
35 Station Road Nailsea BS48 4PD
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0101/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to remove 4no. Antennas on tower legs and replacement with 4no. Antennas on new support poles alongside the internal upgrade of existing VF equipment cabin. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Weston Woods Reservoir Weston Woods Upper Kewstoke Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0102/FUL
Change of use from a Use Class C3(a) dwellinghouse to a Use Class C2 children's home
2 Brownlow Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4LS
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0103/S73
Section 73 application to vary condition 24 (plans) attached to 25/P/2314/NMA (Non-material amendment to application 07/P/2465/F (Erection of 18no purpose built industrial units for B1/B8 existing use following the demolition of existing buildings.) (to insert and modify the existing conditions pertaining to application 07/P/2465/F) to allow for Drawing 5C - Proposed Plans and Elevation to Phase 1 Block A to be replaced with drawing 5D - Proposed Plans and Elevations to Phase 1 Block A to simplify construction.
Purn Farm Industrial Estate Accommodation Road Bleadon BS24 0AN
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0104/FUH
Proposed extension and alteration of the host dwelling to include a two storey rear extension, a new dormer, new finishing materials and alteration to the porch, with associated works.
Manor Farm Littleton Lane Winford BS40 8HF
Received 16 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0105/FUH
Proposed demolition of existing detached outbuildings, front porch and bay windows. Erection of a part-single, part-two storey front/side wraparound extension with canopies to the side and rear elevations. Alteration and replacement of roofing with a raised ridge-height, including the expansion of existing loft conversion with a front balcony, rear dormer and multiple rooflights.
19 Station Road Backwell BS48 3NW
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0106/AOC
Request to discharge condition 9 (Fascia details) on application 24/P/0126/FUL.
2 North Lane Weston-super-Mare BS23 1QR
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0108/FUL
Erection of 2no. dwellinghouses. Erection of a two-storey rear extension to existing building to facilitate the change of use of the first floor from a commercial use (Class E) to 1no. self-contained flat
Veterinary Surgery 5 Lower Queens Road Clevedon BS21 6LX
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0109/NMA
Non-Material Amendment to application 22/P/2344/FUL (Demolition of 2no. existing dwellings and 2no. garage blocks and erection of 8no new dwellings with associated parking.) to allow for the retention of existing vehicular access dimensions.
2 Marsh Road Yatton BS49 4EF
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0110/AOC
Request to discharge condition 20 (Pedestrian and Cycle route plan) from application 22/P/0564/OUT.
Land South Of Bristol Road And North Of Bath Road Churchill
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0111/TPO
T1 Beech tree crown lift to 4 metres and remove any deadwood over neighbours garden.
Clarence House Greystoke Business Centre High Street Portishead BS20 6PY
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0112/TPO
T1 Ash tree crown reduce by 1.5 metres
51 The Downs Portishead BS20 6EE
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0113/TRCA
T1 - Holm Oak (Quercus Ilex), reduce overall crown by 2-2.5m
Flat 1 13 Trewartha Park Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RP
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decided26/P/0114/TRCA
T012 - Alder - Dead tree - Fell to ground level. T033 - Elm - Dead tree - Fell to ground level.
Broadoak Academy Windwhistle Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4NP
Received 20 Jan 2026
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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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