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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
13,628 approved · 1,649 refused · 948 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Yard Cooks Bridle Path Backwell BS48 3DJ
Received 23 Apr 2026Oaklands Cadbury Camp Lane Clapton-in-Gordano BS20 7SB
Received 23 Apr 20267 Yeoward Road Clevedon BS21 5AT
Received 23 Apr 202638 West Hill Portishead BS20 6LN
Received 24 Apr 20268 Upper Church Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2DT
Received 24 Apr 2026Land North Of Claverham Road Claverham BS49 4LD
Received 24 Apr 2026Land West Of Silbury Road Bristol
Received 23 Apr 2026Land West Of Nailsea Wall Lane Nailsea BS48 4DD
Received 24 Apr 2026Police Dog And Horse Training Centre Clanage Road Bristol BS3 2JY
Received 23 Apr 2026Cattle Market Road Bristol BS1 6QW
Received 20 Apr 2026Portishead Lifeboat Station Pier Road Portishead
Received 24 Apr 2026Lloyds Tsb Bank Plc Combe Road Portishead BS20 6BJ
Received 27 Apr 202612 Ladycroft Clevedon BS21 7YS
Received 27 Apr 2026Woodlands Woodlands Road Portishead BS20 7HF
Received 27 Apr 2026Summerlands 59 Silver Street Nailsea BS48 2DS
Received 27 Apr 2026Summerlands 59 Silver Street Nailsea BS48 2DS
Received 27 Apr 2026Woodrising Brockley Lane Brockley BS48 4AY
Received 27 Apr 2026Land South Of Bristol Road And North Of Bath Road Churchill
Received 27 Apr 2026Woodham House Downside Road Backwell BS48 3DN
Received 27 Apr 2026Annexe At 64 Caswell Lane Clapton-in-Gordano
Received 27 Apr 2026147 Coleridge Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3UN
Received 28 Apr 202645 High Street Nailsea BS48 1AW
Received 28 Apr 20262 Heath Ridge Long Ashton BS41 9EW
Received 28 Apr 20261A Sandringham Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 3QN
Received 28 Apr 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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