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
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
13,739 approved · 1,663 refused · 956 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Mar 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Fairbanks West Hill Wraxall BS48 1PN
Received 11 May 2026Fairbanks West Hill Wraxall BS48 1PN
Received 11 May 2026Timberley Bristol Road Churchill BS40 5JE
Received 11 May 2026Land At Westering, Battery Lane Off Lake Road Portishead
Received 11 May 2026Land At Yanel Farm Churchill Green Churchill
Received 11 May 2026Border Of Yeovil Church Lane Tickenham
Received 11 May 202610 Kilkenny Place Portishead BS20 6JD
Received 12 May 20266 Charlton Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4HQ
Received 12 May 20269 Elmsleigh Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JW
Received 12 May 202625 Long-thorn Backwell BS48 3GZ
Received 12 May 2026Darlington Arms Red Hill Redhill BS40 5TE
Received 12 May 2026Burwalls Lodge Burwalls Road Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PT
Received 12 May 2026Burwalls Lodge Burwalls Road Leigh Woods Long Ashton BS8 3PT
Received 12 May 2026Land North Of North Hill Farm East Dundry Lane Dundry
Received 12 May 2026Land At Southview Farm 82 Clevedon Road Tickenham BS21 6RD
Received 12 May 202617 North Lane Nailsea BS48 4BT
Received 12 May 202652 Stoneyfields Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0LL
Received 12 May 202617 Burrington Avenue Weston-super-Mare BS24 9LP
Received 12 May 20264 Babbage Row Locking Weston-super-Mare North Somerset BS24 7NR
Received 13 May 202629 Blackberry Drive Weston-super-Mare BS22 6RX
Received 13 May 2026Invershin Belton Road Portishead BS20 8DR
Received 13 May 2026Land At Youngwood Farm Youngwood Lane Nailsea BS48 4NR
Received 13 May 20265 Falmouth Close Nailsea BS48 2UP
Received 13 May 2026Oak House Old Weston Road Congresbury BS49 5ED
Received 13 May 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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