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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
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
13,160 approved · 1,585 refused · 904 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Sept 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Bramley Close Locking Weston-super-Mare BS24 8DX
Received 11 Feb 2026The Old Nurseries Main Road Brockley
Received 11 Feb 2026Building At South Hill Farm Bridgwater Road Bleadon
Received 11 Feb 20262 Fircliff Park Portishead BS20 7HQ
Received 11 Feb 202618 Old Park Road Clevedon BS21 7EY
Received 11 Feb 202689 Bristol Road Lower Weston-super-Mare BS23 2TS
Received 11 Feb 20261 Harmony Drive Portishead BS20 8DH
Received 11 Feb 20261 The Maples Nailsea BS48 4RT
Received 11 Feb 2026Rushmoor Grange Rushmoor Lane Backwell BS48 3BN
Received 12 Feb 2026Fairfield School Car Park Fairfield Way Backwell
Received 12 Feb 2026Tree Tops Cooks Bridle Path Backwell BS48 3DJ
Received 12 Feb 2026Old Quarry House Abbots Leigh Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PX
Received 12 Feb 2026Banwell Primary West Street Banwell BS29 6DB
Received 12 Feb 2026Crown House 1 Stafford Place Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QZ
Received 12 Feb 2026Land Opposite 49A Wrington Road Congresbury BS49 5AS
Received 11 Feb 2026Land At Thatchway Barn 30 Wrington Road Congresbury BS40 5NX
Received 11 Feb 2026Land To The Rear Of The Dowager Cottage 35 Wrington Road Congresbury BS49 5AN
Received 11 Feb 2026Land Near Urchinwood Manor Cottage 22 Wrington Road Congresbury BS49 5AR
Received 11 Feb 2026Land At Bleadon Hill Bleadon Hill Weston-super-Mare
Received 12 Feb 2026The Lodge House Bracken Hill North Road Leigh Woods BS8 3PL
Received 12 Feb 2026Phase 4A Land At Parklands Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 12 Feb 20262 Priests Way Weston-super-Mare BS22 9BJ
Received 13 Feb 20266 Redcliffe Close Portishead BS20 8HB
Received 13 Feb 2026Holmborne Lawrence Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 6TS
Received 13 Feb 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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