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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 dates19,267Searchable applications
491Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 14,745 approved or refused records
1,585Refused applications
13,160 approved · 1,585 refused · 904 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
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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
- Decided26/P/0339/SCON
Consultation in respect of a Legal Agreement (Unilateral Undertaking) by Newland Homes Limited to bind land for the purposes of delivering planning obligations and conditions by securing an offsite contribution to lesser horseshoe bat commuting and foraging habitat within a dark corridor. The Proposal would involve taking an offsite/offsetting approach of removing any contribution that the land, which is the subject of land ownership disputes (the Western Land), made to planning obligations and planning conditions (i.e., biodiversity objectives related to the North Somerset and Mendip Bats Special Area of Conservation) and offsetting the lesser horseshoe bat commuting and foraging habitat within a dark corridor on the Western Land, by securing additional land within the May Day Field (Offsite Habitat Area) as alternative provision of bat habitat. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Mayday Field Mayors Road Claverham North Somerset
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0340/AOC
Request to Discharge conditions 20 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 21 (Air Quality and Dust Management Plan), 26 (Groundwater), 32 (Biodiversity Net Gain Phasing Plan), 42 (Biodiversity Construction Management Plan), 45 (Precautionary Method of Working) and 49 (Highway Condition Survey) from application 25/P/1496/FU2.
Land SW Of Long Ashton Park And Ride Off Gurney Roundabout (A370) And Colliters Way Long Ashton
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Registered26/P/0341/AOC
Request to discharge conditions 5 (Secure Cycle Store), 8 (10% Renewable Energy) and 9 (Noise Scheme) from application 25/P/0250/FUL.
57 Severn Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS23 4DG
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/P/0343/TPO
TPO527_T1 - Beech - TPO states tree is in number 9, this is incorrect. The tree resides at 7A. Work specification: Reduce the canopy by up to 1.5 metres where possible.
7A Down Road Portishead BS20 6EB
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0344/AOC
Request to Discharge Condition 15 (2 week notice of remediation works) from application 21/P/3368/OUT.
Weston Super Mare Rugby Football Club Drove Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3PA
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0345/AOC
Request to Discharge conditions 4 (Soft Landscaping and Proposed Planting), 7 (Bat Night Roosts), 8 (Ecological and Bat Monitoring Plan) and 11 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) from application 25/P/0809/FUL..
Land To The West And East Of The Strawberry Line Brinsea Road Congresbury
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0346/NMA
Non-material amendment to application 22/P/2813/FUH (Proposed demolition of existing garages to the West elevation. Erection of a two storey and partial single storey extension to the West elevation.) to allow for external render to the extension in lieu of matching brickwork.
2 Meadway Avenue Nailsea BS48 2DU
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0348/AOC
Request to discharge condition 22 (15% energy generation) from application 22/P/0459/OUT.
Land North Of Mulberry Road Congresbury BS49 5HD
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Registered26/P/0349/OUT
Outline planning application for the erection of up to 117 dwellings (including affordable housing) with public open space, structural planting, landscaping, sustainable drainage system (SuDS), demolition of 20 South Lawn and the creation of emergency access from South Lawn. All matters reserved except for means of access
Land At Elm Grove Nursery, Off Elm Grove Locking
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0350/HHPA
Prior approval request for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a pitched roof that would 1) extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.30m; 2) have a maximum height of 3.50 metres and 3) have eaves that are 2.25 metres high.
51 Mendip Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3HB
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0351/FUL
Erection of an agricultural building with associated works including the provision of a compacted aggregate track and hardstanding along with landscaping
Land To The East Of Church Lane Churchill
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0352/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install electronic communications apparatus comprising of; existing 3No. Antennas to be removed and proposed installation of 6No. Antennas, proposed installation of 1No. GPS Module, removal of 1No. Cabinet and proposed installation of 2N.. Monza cabinet, proposed installation of 1No. CSC Cabinet, proposed installation of 1No. Meter Cabinet, proposed Monza conversion of 1No. cabinet, proposed installation of 18No. ERS, existing 3No. ERS Rails to be removed, existing 3No. pairs of off-set brackets to be removed and proposed installation of 6No. pairs offset brackets, existing 3No. pairs CHS pole to be removed and proposed installation of 6No. CHS pole, development ancillary reworks/additions thereto as per drawings. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Weston Super Mare Cricket Club Devonshire Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0353/AOC
Request to discharge condition 5 (Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) on application 22/P/0459/OUT, (allowed on appeal ref APP/D0121/W/24/3344142).
Land North Of Mulberry Road Congresbury
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0354/AOC
Request to discharge conditions 15 (Arboricultural Method Statement) and 16, (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan) on application 22/P/0459/OUT (allowed on appeal ref APP/D0121/W/24/3344142).
Land North Of Mulberry Road Congresbury
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0356/AOC
Request to discharge conditions 3, (Construction Method Statement) and 6, ( Arboricultural Method statement & Tree Protection Plan) on application 25/P/1746/FUL.
Police Maintenance Depot Stuart Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3XN
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0357/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey flat roof extension to the rear of the existing extension.
Redwood Cottage Mead Lane Blagdon BS40 7UA
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0358/FUL
Proposed replacement of the existing sports hall roof and installation of PV panels. Roof-mounted natural ventilation terminals together with a roof-mounted handrail system and associated works.
Priory Community School - An Academy Queensway Weston-super-Mare BS22 6BP
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0359/AOC
Request to discharge condition 6 (Landscape plan) from application 24/P/0301/FUL.
18 Meadway Avenue Nailsea BS48 2DU
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0360/TPO
T11 - Common Oak - 3rd party tree on the site boundary. Long, extended limb close to the adjacent building. Reduce the limbby approximately 1.5 metres to provide distance between the tree and building and reduce the end weight.
11 Colliers Gardens Backwell BS48 3DT
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0361/TRCA
T1 - Silver Birch - Removal of 1 x lower limb (4.5m in length) over hanging parking bays
Ferncliffe North Road Leigh Woods
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0362/TRCA
Holm Oaks over driveway - Reduce by 2-2.5m where needed to clear driveway. Crown Raise to 5m to help clearance.
21 Highdale Road Clevedon BS21 7LW
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0363/TPO
Oak (T1) Fell and Replant similar species.
Badgers Wood Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SB
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0364/LBC
Listed building consent for the replacement of the existing windows to the front elevation to like-for-like windows with identical size and design in hardwood with slimline double-glazed units.
1 Dial Lane Felton Bristol BS40 9YD
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/P/0365/S73
Section 73 application to amend condition 2 (Plans) attached to permission 19/P/2973/FUL (Erection of a two storey extension to North West elevation to provide office, storage, lift, additional female WC's and disabled WC; Erection of a single and two storey extension to South East elevation to provide additional changing rooms with WC/shower facilities and additional clubhouse facilities at ground floor level; extension to existing lounge at first floor level and use of the flat roof of ground floor extension to provide an external terrace. Extension of terraced area to North East elevation). To allow for a replacement of the proposed platform lift serving the first floor of the new two storey extension on the North West elevation with a faster, conventional lift to be located centrally on the elevation. The materials proposed to clad and roof the new lift would match the existing building.
Nailsea And Backwell Rugby Club West End Lane Nailsea BS48 4BY
Received 18 Feb 2026
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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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