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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 dates20,693Searchable applications
494Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 15,883 approved or refused records
1,711Refused applications
14,172 approved · 1,711 refused · 1,018 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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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More application records
- Registered26/P/1675/FUL
Proposed construction of a single steel portal-frame building providing open workshop and storage space ancillary to the existing activities at the site.
Caffle Nursery Bristol Road Hewish Weston-super-Mare BS24 6SE
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1676/AOC
Request to discharge condition 19 (External Works Plan) from application 12/P/1266/OT2
Phase 4A Land At Parklands Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1677/LDP
Certificate of lawful development for the proposed erection of a fence up to 2 metres in height.
Blagdon Primary Bath Road Blagdon BS40 7RW
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1678/FUH
Proposed conversion of existing attached garage to form an annexe.
98B Walton Road Clevedon BS21 6AN
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1679/LDP
Certificate of lawful development for a proposed Hip-to-Gable Roof alteration, Loft conversion and 1no. dormer to the rear elevation.
23 Coleridge Vale Road North Clevedon BS21 6PS
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1680/AOC
Request to discharge condition 3 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) (WSI) on application 23/P/1264/FUL.
Mabots Orchard Old Banwell Road Winscombe
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1681/FUL
Proposed erection of a 1No. 3-bed dwelling
Land At Norton Barns Lower Norton Lane Kewstoke Weston-super-Mare BS22 9YR
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1682/LBC
Listed Building Consent for the replacement of existing windows with new.
Home Farm Lower Claverham Road Claverham BS49 4PZ
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Registered26/P/1683/TPO
Group TPO number: 177. The following number system (T1 - T5) is the reference for the position of each specimen on the sketch plan provided. Monkey Puzzle (T1), dead standing specimen - Fell to ground level and remove stump with a mechanised stump grinder, to allow space and suitable ground for replanting in its place. Field Maple (T2) - Light crown reduction of up to 0.5metres in all directions and thin by 20% to tidy form and provide clearance from driveway. Cherry (T3), tree is in decline. Lots of epicormic regrowth and evidence of extensive retrenchment. - Fell to ground level. There is a small, self-set Cherry growing within this area, which is healthy and will proudly take place of the dying specimen. Willow (T4), multi-stemmed specimen with included unions at ground level which are separating. - Remove x2 broken branches, and reduce the length of the western limb by up to 2.5metres to a suitable growth point, to reduce the weight and therefore mitigate further stem separation. Monterey Cypress (T5), smaller diameter, heavily leaning (towards the road) specimen rooted between the larger Monterey and Horse Chestnut - Fell to ground level, to allow space and separation between the larger surrounding trees.
The Cottage Oxhouse Lane Failand BS8 3SL
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Registered26/P/1684/FUL
Proposed installation of a new ATM with associated camera and light within new composite panelling.
3 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1AS
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Registered26/P/1685/ADV
Advertisement consent for the installation of 1no. internally illuminated fascia, 4no. non illuminated blue fascia, 1no. Projecting sign, 1no. internally applied vinyl, 1no. internally applied store directory and 1no. 5mm ATM Dibond panel.
3 Beach Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1AS
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1686/AOC
Request to partially discharge conditions 7 (Construction Programme) and 8 (Site Development Plan) on application 13/P/0997/OT2 relating to Phases 8 and 10 only.
Locking Parklands Locking Moor Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1687/FUH
Demolition of the existing single storey rear element and proposed erection of a replacement single storey rear extension and associated internal and external alterations, to include an air source heat pump and replacement windows and doors.
26 Totterdown Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4LN
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1690/TRCA
Horse Chesnut - front garden - re-pollard to original pollarding points
128 Church Road Worle Weston-super-Mare BS22 9EP
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1691/TRCA
T1 Reduce eucalyptus by 2m in height and reshape. T2 Prune cherry tree by 1m.
28 Elmsleigh Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4JN
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1692/NMA
Non-material amendment to application 23/P/2647/MMA (Minor material amendment to application 20/P/3081/RM (Reserved matters application for matters of access, appearance, landscaping, layout, scale for the erection of 77no. dwellings with associated roads, footways, parking,drainage, landscaping and public open space pursuant to 12/P/1266/OT2) to allow for the redesign of multiple house types and alterations to the proposed layout to improve frontage onto the main link road.) To allow for the removal of cladding to plots 18, 60, 61, 69, 9-12.
Parcels 2.1a, 2.1b, 2.2a And 2.2b At Parklands Churchland Way Weston-super-Mare
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1693/TEN
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code of the intention to install Upgraded Electronic Communications Apparatus comprising of The installation of 6 no. replacement antenna and new and replacement ancillary radio equipment onto new steelwork at existing lattice mast, The installation of a GPS module at an existing cabinet within the existing compound and Ancillary development thereto. THIS IS NOT A PLANNING APPLICATION
Clevedon MF Service Centre And South West Office Colehouse Lane Clevedon BS21 6UT
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1696/LDE
Certificate of Lawfulness for the erection of a full-width single storey rear extension.
4 Downleaze Portishead BS20 8BJ
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1697/DCW
Request to discharge Requirements 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 5g, 5h, 5i, 5j, 5k, 5l, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 21, 22, 23 and 29 (Royal Portbury DockBridleway) for stage 1 of Works Numbers: 14, 14A and 14B of the Portishead Branch Line (MetroWest Phase 1) Order 2022.
Portishead Branch Line Between Portishead In North Somerset And Ashton Junction In Bristol
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1698/FUL
Proposed formation of a manage and erection of a field shelter.
Paddock 8 East Of Littlewood Lane Cleeve
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1700/TRCA
2 x Beech - create a 2m -3m clearance with the dwelling
The Glebe Field The Glebe Wrington
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Registered26/P/1702/TPO
The trees are poplars. The application is for pollarding. Numbers are on sketch plan T1, T4 and G2. In addition various photos are attached that detail current conditions and with growth during summer conditions.
Flat 3 Severnscape Battery Lane Portishead BS20 7RN
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Decided26/P/1703/AOC
Request to discharge conditions 3 (Privacy Screen) and 4 (Hedge) on application 23/P/1033/FUH.
18 Rodmoor Road Portishead BS20 7JE
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Registered26/P/1704/AOC
Request to discharge conditions 5 (Waste Storage and Recycling), 7 (Noise Levels), 11 (Parking Signs) and 17 (Estate Management and Maintenance) on application 22/P/2105/FUL.
Land Adjoining Coombe Farm Sandford Road Winscombe
Received 18 Aug 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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