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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
13,951 approved · 1,689 refused · 987 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Well Close Winscombe BS25 1HG
Received 18 Jun 202618 Buckle Path West Wick Weston-super-Mare BS24 7GD
Received 18 Jun 2026National Nautical School Nore Road Portishead BS20 8EJ
Received 18 Jun 2026Flat 1 95 Hill Road Clevedon BS21 7PN
Received 18 Jun 202643 Beechmount Close Weston-super-Mare BS24 9EX
Received 19 Jun 2026Building At Red Rock Barn Tickenham Hill Tickenham BS21 6SW
Received 19 Jun 202612 Severn Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1DN
Received 19 Jun 2026Mead Farm Littleton Lane Winford BS40 8HF
Received 19 Jun 2026Gatcombe Court Gatcombe Lane Flax Bourton BS48 3QT
Received 19 Jun 2026Gatcombe Court Gatcombe Lane Flax Bourton BS48 3QT
Received 19 Jun 2026Street Record Elmham Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 19 Jun 2026Waywick Farm Waywick Lane Weston-super-Mare BS24 6UZ
Received 19 Jun 202644 Yeolands Drive Clevedon BS21 7YT
Received 19 Jun 2026Yew Tree Paddocks Downside Road Backwell BS48 3DZ
Received 19 Jun 20267 Brampton Way Portishead BS20 6UZ
Received 22 Jun 2026179 Clevedon Road Tickenham Clevedon BS21 6RG
Received 22 Jun 20261 Church Cottages The Triangle Wrington BS40 5LF
Received 22 Jun 2026Land At Burnt House Farm North End Road Yatton
Received 22 Jun 202616 Porlock Close Clevedon BS21 6JN
Received 22 Jun 20261 White Lodge Park Portishead BS20 7HH
Received 22 Jun 202634 Hillcrest Road Portishead BS20 8HP
Received 22 Jun 2026Whiteoaks Manor Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RT
Received 22 Jun 202615 Bishops Road Cleeve BS49 4NQ
Received 22 Jun 2026Land At OS Plot 5134 & Churchill Cars Ltd Honeyhall Lane Congresbury BS49 5JX
Received 22 Jun 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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