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.
10,848 approved · 1,300 refused · 698 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bournville Primary Selworthy Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3ST
Received 9 Sept 2025Fairoaks Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano Bristol BS20 7SA
Received 9 Sept 2025Lulsgate House Bristol International Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington BS48 3AQ
Received 9 Sept 2025Barn South Of Clevedon Road Weston-in Gordano Portishead
Received 10 Sept 2025Land To South Of Yew Tree Farm Yew Tree Lane Kingston Seymour BS21 6XG
Received 9 Sept 2025Land To The South Of Locking Head Drove Locking
Received 10 Sept 2025Windwhistle Primary Kingsley Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3TZ
Received 10 Sept 202566 The Maples Nailsea BS48 4RX
Received 10 Sept 202511 Hillcrest Road Portishead BS20 8HS
Received 10 Sept 20253B Montpelier Weston-super-Mare BS23 2RQ
Received 10 Sept 202521 Sercombe Park Clevedon BS21 5BA
Received 10 Sept 2025The Caves Whitley Road Banwell BS29 6NA
Received 10 Sept 20252 Haberfield Cottages Happerton Lane Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QW
Received 10 Sept 20252A Ash Hayes Road Nailsea BS48 2LW
Received 10 Sept 2025Phase 8 And 10 Locking Parklands Locking Moor Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 10 Sept 2025104 Spring Hill Weston-super-Mare BS22 9BD
Received 10 Sept 20254 Bannerleigh Lane Leigh Woods BS8 3PR
Received 11 Sept 202510 Princes Road Clevedon BS21 7SZ
Received 11 Sept 2025Clevedon School Valley Road Clevedon BS21 6AH
Received 11 Sept 202527 Drakes Way Portishead BS20 6LD
Received 11 Sept 2025124 Strode Road Clevedon BS21 6QG
Received 11 Sept 202547 Keedwell Hill Long Ashton BS41 9DP
Received 11 Sept 2025Land Off Catworthy Lane Banwell
Received 12 Sept 2025Barn Adjacent To Capenor Court Orchard 47 St Marys Road Portishead
Received 12 Sept 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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