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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 dates17,625Searchable applications
489Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 13,482 approved or refused records
1,437Refused applications
12,045 approved · 1,437 refused · 781 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 2019 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
Conservation areas39 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas37 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
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More application records
- Decided25/P/2022/ADV
Advertisement consent for the installation of 2no. digital 75" LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit
Pavement Outside Tesco Locking Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/2023/FUL
The installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated BT payphones
Pavement Outside 76A Regent Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/2024/ADV
Advertisement consent for the installation of 2no. digital 75" LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit
Pavement Outside 76A Regent Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/2025/FUL
The installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated BT payphones
Pavement Adjacent 2 Waterloo Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/2026/ADV
Advertisement consent for the installation of 2no. digital 75" LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit
Pavement Adjacent 2 Waterloo Street Weston-super-Mare
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/P/2027/FUH
Demolition of the existing car port and conversion of the existing integral garage. Alterations to the detached triple garage to include replacement of 1no. existing up-and-over garage door with a new window and white rendered wall below and addition of a single leaf door for pedestrian access to the side elevation for part of the garage to be used as a workshop.
Woodclose Woodlands Road Portishead BS20 7HE
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2028/OUT
Outline application with all matters reserved for subsequent approval for the erection of 1no. two storey dwelling
Heathfield Lodge Lodge Lane Wraxall BS48 1BL
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2029/FUH
Proposed erection of a two storey side extension and single storey rear extension with associated works following the demolition of an existing outbuilding. Widening of the existing driveway to accommodate 2no. side by side parking spaces.
15 Kings Road Wrington BS40 5LW
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2030/FUL
Proposed removal of an existing first floor window to the rear elevation and installation of replacement patio doors.
18 Clarence Road East Weston-super-Mare BS23 4BP
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2031/FUL
Construction of 1no. dwelling in front garden of existing property and widening of existing access
Land At Grandston Bristol Road Churchill BS25 5NJ
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2032/LDP
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed use of existing building that is mainly for sport facilities for use as a health facility that is suitable for day-care treatment. The health facility would include operating theatre(s), Endoscopy, outpatients, Pre-op and recovery suites, physiotherapy and supporting facilities
Azthetics Sunnyside Road North Weston-super-Mare BS23 3PZ
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2033/FUH
Proposed alterations to windows and doors to the front and side elevations and removal of the existing cloakroom. Conversion of one of the two existing integral garages to a utility and shower room to include blocking up of the existing garage door and insertion of a new window.
29 The Downs Portishead BS20 6EE
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2034/FUH
Proposed erection of a double storey rear extension and a single storey front extension with all existing brickwork to be rendered. Formation of a driveway to create off-street parking.
72 Strode Road Clevedon BS21 6QF
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2035/AOC
Request to discharge condition 7 (Construction Method Statement) on application 25/P/1477/FUL.
Rise 1 Harris Lane Abbots Leigh BS8 3QX
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2036/AOC
Request to discharge condition 6 (Strategy to enhance biodiversity on site) on application 25/P/0363/FUL.
Clevedon School Valley Road Clevedon BS21 6AH
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2037/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.
16 Addicott Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3PX
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2038/TPO
T1 ash - Festival Way - Pollard to 2m
8 Coates Grove Nailsea BS48 1SU
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2039/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of the installation of 1no. 11m medium pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION.
Pavement Outside 86 Greenhill Road Sandford BS25 5PB
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2040/AOC
Request to discharge conditions 17 (Pedestrian Link Lighting), 18 (Travel Plan), 21 (Surface Water Drainage), 22 (Sustainable Urban Drainage) and 25 (Energy) on application 22/P/0456/FUL.
Land At Kenn Road Yatton
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2042/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension alongside the installation of 1no. window to the North elevation.
30B Goss Lane Nailsea BS48 2BD
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2043/FUL
Residential redevelopment comprising the demolition of existing buildings and the erection of 58no. houses; and associated access improvements; car parking; engineering works, and hard/soft landscape works
Oxford Plasma Technology North End Road Yatton BS49 4AP
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2044/AOC
Request to discharge condition 23 (Compensatory nesting facilities for bats and birds) from application 24/P/2691/R3.
Tropicana Marine Parade Weston-super-Mare BS23 1BE
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2045/AOC
Request to discharge conditions 29 (Implementation of Written Scheme of Investigation) and 30 (Post Investigation Scheme) from application 25/P/0809/FUL.
Land To The West And East Of The Strawberry Line Brinsea Road Congresbury
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/P/2046/FUL
Siting of refrigeration equipment and creation of refrigeration plant enclosure with 2.4m high fencing, removal of brick planters, removal of roof mounted plant, replacement doors, new section of shop front to elevation B, redecoration.
Co-Op 148 High Street Worle Weston-super-Mare BS22 6HG
Received 2 Oct 2025
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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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