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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
10,709 approved · 1,289 refused · 687 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth
Received 26 Aug 2025I M O Car Wash Weston Links Weston-super-Mare BS23 3WL
Received 26 Aug 2025Stoneleigh Ropers Lane Wrington BS40 5NF
Received 26 Aug 2025Sharpham Cottage 37 Wrington Road Congresbury BS49 5AL
Received 27 Aug 2025Oakland Farm Kenn Road Kenn Clevedon BS21 6TT
Received 27 Aug 2025101 Long Ashton Road Long Ashton BS41 9JE
Received 27 Aug 20253 Brean Down Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JH
Received 27 Aug 2025Barley Lodge Long Lane Wrington BS40 5SA
Received 27 Aug 2025Former Weston Airfield Winterstoke Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 26 Aug 2025Hangstones Pavilion Stowey Road Yatton BS49 4HS
Received 27 Aug 202555 Hillside Road Portishead BS20 8JW
Received 27 Aug 20257 Charlton View Portishead BS20 6NN
Received 27 Aug 20253 Ashcroft Brompton Road Weston-super-Mare BS24 9BN
Received 27 Aug 20251 Rochester Close Weston-super-Mare BS24 9NH
Received 27 Aug 202550 Badger Rise Portishead BS20 8AX
Received 28 Aug 20253 Mannock Gardens Locking Weston-super-Mare BS24 7NG
Received 28 Aug 2025Agricultural Buildings, Kenn Court Farm Kenn Road Kenn
Received 28 Aug 2025Stepstones Farm Half Yard Langford BS40 5HS
Received 28 Aug 20254 Clarence Gardens Portishead BS20 6BN
Received 28 Aug 202518 Rickford Road Nailsea BS48 4PY
Received 28 Aug 20255 St Pauls Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4AB
Received 28 Aug 2025Shalvah 35 Caswell Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7RX
Received 28 Aug 2025Hinkley Point C Connection Project, Between Bridgwater In Somerset And Seabank Substation, North Of Avonmouth
Received 28 Aug 2025Garden Flat 51 Copse Road Clevedon BS21 7QP
Received 28 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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