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.
10,902 approved · 1,308 refused · 700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tesco High Street Nailsea BS48 1AU
Received 16 Sept 202524 Grenville Avenue Locking Weston-super-Mare BS24 8AR
Received 16 Sept 2025The Beeches Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SD
Received 16 Sept 2025Barns 3, 4, 5 & 6 At Cribbs Farm Cribbs Lane Redhill BS40 5RJ
Received 17 Sept 2025Glenny Wood Wood Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7RQ
Received 17 Sept 202538 Derham Park Yatton Bristol BS49 4EA
Received 17 Sept 2025166 Clevedon Road Tickenham Clevedon BS21 6RG
Received 17 Sept 2025How Ham Farm Clevedon Road Portishead BS20 8PL
Received 17 Sept 2025Fairoaks Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SA
Received 17 Sept 202521 Cadbury Farm Road Yatton BS49 4HW
Received 17 Sept 2025Corner O/S 32 Kingston Avenue Clevedon BS21 6EA
Received 17 Sept 202518 Kings Road Clevedon BS21 7EN
Received 17 Sept 202552 High Street Nailsea BS48 1AU
Received 17 Sept 2025Land Off Littleton Lane Winford
Received 17 Sept 2025Orchard Farm Bristol Road Wraxall BS48 1NE
Received 18 Sept 2025Land To North Of Flavour Palmers Elm Hewish Puxton BS24 6RN
Received 18 Sept 2025Land North Of Flavour Palmers Elm Hewish Puxton BS24 6RN
Received 18 Sept 202532 Malvern Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4DF
Received 18 Sept 202516 Old Church Road Uphill Weston-super-Mare BS23 4UH
Received 18 Sept 2025Moor View Clevedon Road Weston-in-Gordano BS20 8PZ
Received 18 Sept 202578 Farleigh Road Backwell BS48 3PD
Received 18 Sept 20255 The Maples Cleeve BS49 4FS
Received 18 Sept 2025133 Heron Gardens Portishead BS20 7BN
Received 18 Sept 2025Grove Park Grove Lane Weston-super-Mare
Received 18 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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