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Additional planning guidance

Design guides

Residential design guides

We have produced four residential design guides. Parts 1 and 2 have supplementary planning document status, and parts 3 and 4 are guidance notes.

Statement of community involvement

Our statement of community involvement shows how we include the community in preparing new planning policies and making decisions on planning applications.

It has been revised to take account of legislative changes and changes in working practices. The revised version for 2019 was adopted at Council on 24 September 2019.

Heritage and conservation

The 2012 version of the above horse-related development document does not have supplementary planning guidance status, so please use as informal guidance only.

Mendip Hills National Landscape

The Mendip Hills National Landscape partnership have published guidance notes on agricultural building design and dark skies.

Visit the Mendips Hills National Landscape website for further information.

Village character statements

Village character statements ensure that planned development respects the character of the village. Statements have been prepared for

  • Abbots Leigh
  • Banwell
  • Claverham
  • Cleeve
  • Kingston Seymour
  • Leigh Woods
  • Long Ashton
  • Winford
  • Yatton

Village character statements can be viewed on the relevant town and parish council websites.

North Somerset Council development policy and assessments

Local aggregates assessment for the West of England

The National Planning Policy Framework requires minerals planning authorities to plan for a steady and adequate supply of aggregates by preparing a local aggregates assessment (LAA) each year, based on a rolling average of 10 year sales data and other relevant information.

The LAA for the West of England has been jointly prepared by Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.