Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,673 approved · 1,283 refused · 686 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Prosser Mews 69 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 21 Aug 2025Land At Parklands, Meadfields Phase 6 Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 21 Aug 2025Land West Of Rodney Road Backwell
Received 21 Aug 2025Track To Land Off Whitling Street Regil
Received 15 Aug 2025Briarwood Home Farm Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3QF
Received 21 Aug 20259 Christian Close Weston-super-Mare BS22 7TP
Received 22 Aug 2025Kilkenny Place Portishead BS20 6JD
Received 22 Aug 202528 Mendip Rise Locking Weston-super-Mare BS24 8BQ
Received 22 Aug 2025Land At Bridgwater Road (A38) North East Of Colliters Way (Lime Kiln Roundabout) Long Ashton
Received 22 Aug 2025Barn-05 OS Parcels 2064 And 3063 Greenhill Road Sandford
Received 22 Aug 202512 Fitzharding Road Pill BS20 0EH
Received 22 Aug 2025105 - 107 High Street Worle Weston-super-Mare BS22 6HA
Received 22 Aug 2025Land Off High Street Portbury
Received 22 Aug 2025Roots Allotments Land Off Abbots Leigh Road Abbots Leigh
Received 25 Aug 202521 Portishead Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 7UX
Received 25 Aug 202543 Charlton Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4HG
Received 25 Aug 2025Football Pitch The Uplands Nailsea
Received 26 Aug 2025Plot A7 Weston Business Quarter Plot Beaufighter Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 26 Aug 20256 Beach End Road Uphill Weston-super-Mare BS23 4YD
Received 26 Aug 2025Knightstone Park 7 Clarence Road East Weston-super-Mare
Received 26 Aug 2025Police Maintenance Depot Stuart Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3XN
Received 26 Aug 2025Yatton Railway Station Station Road Yatton BS49 4AJ
Received 26 Aug 20257 The Crescent Worlebury Weston-super-Mare BS22 9SR
Received 26 Aug 2025Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth.
Received 26 Aug 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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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