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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 dates20,613Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 15,822 approved or refused records
1,705Refused applications
14,117 approved · 1,705 refused · 1,010 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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- Decided26/P/1564/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the erection of a single-storey side extension and garage conversion.
27 Amberlands Close Backwell BS48 3LW
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/1565/AOC
Request to discharge condition 4 (Arboricultural Monitoring Reports) on application 23/P/0463/FUL.
Hm Coroner Public Mortuary Court House Old Weston Road Flax Bourton Bristol BS48 1UL
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1566/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the siting of a mobile home within the rear garden of existing dwelling for ancillary residential use.
6 Austen Drive Weston-super-Mare BS22 7UY
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/1567/S73
Section 73 application for the removal of condition 2 (Limited period of time) attached to planning permission 22/P/1124/FUL (Change of use of land for the siting of a 2 no. pitch gypsy and traveller site , the erection of a 1.5m high boundary wall (retrospective). To allow for the occupation of Cedar Haven as a permanent Gypsey and Traveller site.
Cedar Haven Haybow Hewish Weston-super-Mare BS24 6RB
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1568/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code Regulations 2003 of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of 1no. 12m light wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Outside 27 Old Street Clevedon
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/1569/LDE
Certificate of Lawfulness for the conversion of part of agricultural barn to C3 residential dwelling.
Cattle Barn And Hay Barn On Land At Loxton Hill Christon Road Loxton
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/1570/FUL
External building alterations, including the modification and replacement of existing windows and access doors, installation of dormer windows and rooflights, formalisation of residential car parking including EV car charging facilities, and the erection of refuse and cycle storage within the rear car park
1st Floor 3-5, 1st & 2nd Floors 7A Clevedon Triangle Centre Clevedon BS21 6HX
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1571/FUL
Proposed removal of the existing Asbestos cement roof sheets and erection of a new built up steel profiled roof system, raising the ridge line by circa 100mm.
Unit 7 Old Mill Road Portishead BS20 7BX
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/1572/TDC
Application for Technical Details Consent following grant of Permission in Principle 25/P/2096/PIP for the conversion of existing stables to 1no. self build dwelling and erection of 1no. self-build house
2 Haberfield Cottages Happerton Lane Easton-in-Gordano BS20 0QW
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1573/TRCA
T1 - Alder - Reduce lateral growth over 62 and 64 The Glebe to previous points, approximately 3 meters of growth to be removed.
Land Off The Glebe Wrington
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1574/TRCA
T1 - Pittosporum - Remove to ground level - The tree is surrounded by the neighbors bay tree which provides most of amenity value to Kew road. T2 - Pittosporum - Remove ivy and reshape crown reducing up to 1 meter of growth. T3 - Holm oak - 1.5 - 2 meter end weight reduction from lateral branches.
15 Kew Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2NR
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1576/TRCA
G1 - Bay - Reduce height by 2.5 - 3 meters.
13 Kew Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2NR
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1577/FUH
Demolition of the existing conservatory and proposed erection of a single storey rear extension.
19 Bluebell Road Wick St Lawrence Weston-super-Mare BS22 9BX
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Registered26/P/1578/CM2A
Determination as to whether Prior Approval is required for the conversion of first and second floorspace and ground floor access to create 11no. self-contained residential units
1st Floor 3-5, 1st & 2nd Floors 7A Clevedon Triangle Centre Clevedon BS21 6HX
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1579/NMA
Non material amendment to application 21/P/1220/RM (Reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for 425 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), 300 sq m commercial floorspace (Use Class E), along with associated open space and landscaping, including discharge of conditions 3 (Reserved Matters), 11 (access for rhyne/watercourse maintenance), 13 (foul water disposal), 14 and 15 (hard and soft landscaping), 16 (landscape management plan), 17 (tree protection fencing), 20 (detailed highways plans), 23 (landscape ecological management plan), 24 (dark vegetated corridor), 25 (ecological constraints plan), 30 (energy strategy), 31 (finished levels), 32 and 33 (materials samples), 34 (boundary enclosures) and 35 (service equipment) associated to outline planning permission (ref. 16/P/2758/RG4 amended by 20/P/0692/NMA). To allow for updates to boundary treatments on spine road, fenestration on Brantwood plots with installation of julliette balconies, and the materials and mirror image on Embleton plots.
Land South Of Somerset Avenue Weston-super-Mare
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1580/TPO
T1: Mulberry Reduce canopy by 1.5m. The lower lateral limbs reduce up to 2m to reduce the weight.Reason is to lower the risk of the lateral limbs failing.
Coombe Cottages Barton Road Winscombe BS25 1BL
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1581/FUH
Part retrospective application for the erection of a single storey detached outbuilding to form a double car port, garden store and guest accommodation.
Sylverah Cadbury Camp Lane West Tickenham Clevedon BS21 6RJ
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1582/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code Regulations 2003 of the intention to install fixed line broadband apparatus comprising of 1no. 8m light wooden pole. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Land Opposite The Paddock Wick Lane West Hewish Weston-super-Mare BS24 6RR
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1583/AOC
Request to discharge condition 4 ( Off-site biodiversity units) and Biodiversity Gain plan on planning application 25/P/2616/FUL
Garden Cottage Long Lane Wrington BS40 5SA
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1584/LDP
Certificate of Lawfulness for the erection of a single-storey detached outbuilding for use as a home office incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse. Relocation and replacement of an existing timber boundary fence to enclose part of the existing driveway with 1.8m fencing to match existing.
12 Stonechat Mews Yatton BS49 4FX
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1585/FUH
Proposed erection of a single storey rear extension, expansion of rear patio, alterations of front fenestration and replacement of balcony balustrade from metal to glass.
67 Hillside Road Portishead BS20 8JR
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1586/FUH
Proposed additional Loft conversion with a new dormer to the side elevation, new conservatory roof and erection of a detached garage, new stable block and a field/storage out building.
Windy Ridge Highridge Road Dundry BS41 8JU
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1587/FUL
Proposed demolition of the existing detached bungalow and garage and construction of a replacement four-bedroom dwelling and detached garage together with associated landscaping, access and external works
Hollyoaks Pill Road Abbots Leigh BS8 3RG
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided26/P/1588/LDP
Certification of Lawful Development for the partial conversion of existing attached garage.
4 Oakleigh Close Backwell BS48 3JU
Received 31 Jul 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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