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Somerset Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
4,569Searchable applications
211Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 3,378 approved or refused records
66Refused applications

3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas178 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

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  1. Application Approved3/32/17/005/NMA

    Application For Non-Material Amendment pursuant to Planning Permission 3/32/17/005 for the construction and operation of a Waste Encapsulation Plant

    Hinkley Point A- Encapsulation Plant Nr Bridgwater Somerset TA5 1YA

    Received Not published
  2. Application ApprovedPL\0604\04

    S73 application to vary condition 3 (reclamation scheme) of permission No. 105698/001 dated 4/02/99 on land at Lewis Drove, Godney Moor, Wells.

    P235, Lewis Drove, Godney, WELLS, Somerset

    Received Not published
  3. Application Approved16/04132/CPO

    Section 73 application for the upgrade of existing leachate treatment plant and associated ancillary equipment including installation of 'Flow Guaging Station' and 'Short rotational coppice Willow Bed'

    Dimmer Landfill Site, Dimmer Lane, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NR

    Received Not published
  4. Application Approved4/25/02/025

    SORTING, TRANSFER AND RECYCLING OF WASTE PLASTICS INCLUDING USE OF BALERS, SHREDDERS, GRANULATORS, HEAT TREATMENT AND EXTRUSION PLANT

    Unit 13A, Taunton Trading Estate, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6RX

    Received Not published
  5. Application Approved1/13/08/028/COND.33

    DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 33 (RESTORATION DETAILS)

    Castle Hill Quarry, Chads Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF

    Received Not published
  6. Application WithdrawnSCC/4048/2023

    Development of Inert Material Storage Facility

    Land at Springway Business Park Springway Lane Westonzoyland TA7 0JS

    Received Not published
  7. Application Approved4/38/08/045/cond.12

    Construction of Taunton Third Way, a New Section of Road Including the Construction of New Bridge Over the River Tone - details to satisfy condition 12 (Ecology - Otters)

    Between CASTLE STREET and, WOOD STREET, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, TA1 4AU

    Received Not published
  8. Application Approved1/13/98/018

    S. 73 application to vary Condition 2 of planning permissin IDO/S/11/B

    Castle Hill Quarry, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF

    Received Not published
  9. Permitted Development5/119/18/3268-14/PD

    Renewal of Modular Unit E748 Permitted Development

    Fiveways School, Victoria Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5AZ

    Received Not published
  10. Application Approved1/11/15/019/Cond.3

    Article 27 submission of details and samples of materials pursuant to Condition No. 3 of Planning Permission 1/11/15/019 dated 21/04/2015, for the Installation of a New Motor Control Centre Kiosk

    Highbridge Sewage Pumping Station, Newtown Road, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3ZD

    Received Not published
  11. Application ClosedSCC/4087/2024

    Demolition of existing building that is not fit for repair. The building is currently not fit for repair and considered and Health and Safety risk

    9 Artillery Road Lufton Trading Estate Lufton Yeovil BA22 8RP

    Received Not published
  12. Temporary Permission Expired11/01374/R3C

    Siting of a new Modular Building (to replace an existing unit)

    Curry Mallet C of E Primary School, Lower Street, Curry Mallet, Somerset, TA3 6TA

    Received Not published
  13. Application Closed16/01735/R3C Cond15

    Article 27 application to discharge condition 15: Vehicular Access - of 16/01735/R3C for the Provision of a single storey 'One Form Entry' primary school to accommodate 210 statutory places with nursery to accommodate 30 places and associated works, including road, soft play and parking areas

    Land north of Cunningham Road & north-west of Drake Road, Wyndham Park, YEOVIL, BA21 5EY

    Received Not published
  14. Application ApprovedSCC/3795/2021/conds6f&45

    Discharge of Condition 6 (f) - Habitat Management Plan and Condition 45 - COEMP: Biodiversity and EMMMP of planning application ref: SCC/3795/2021

    Westdown Quarry Whatley Frome

    Received Not published
  15. Application Approved017721/005

    APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF A KIOSK 4.7m x 2.4m x 4.7m WHICH IS PART OF THE ONGOING WORK

    Wells Sewage Treatment Works, Burcott Lane, Wells

    Received Not published
  16. Application ApprovedIDO/M/26/Bcond.29/1

    Article 30 Application details to satisfy condition 29 (scheme to minimise air overpressure)

    Moons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU

    Received Not published
  17. Permitted DevelopmentSCC/3757/2020

    Demolition of a single storey building formerly used as a library but now no longer in use and no longer required for delivering the originally intended services.

    Former Priorswood Library Eastwick Road Taunton Somerset TA1 4DY

    Received Not published
  18. Application ApprovedSCC/3865/2021/NMA

    application to remove the need for a ‘cellular confinement system’ for tree root protection, given that all works will be located outside the Root Protection Area (RPA) of the trees in question.

    Templecombe Water Recycling Centre, Temple Lane, Templecombe, South Somerset, nearest postcode BA8 0HR.

    Received Not published
  19. Application Approved11/00493/CPO/cond.8

    Alternative access and retention of peripheral vegetation to assist screening of a proposed Blue Lias extraction site being the subject of application no 10/03199/CPO - details to satisfy condition 8 (Dust Mitigation)

    Land forming part of Westfield Farm, Keinton Mandeville, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6DQ

    Received Not published
  20. Application Approved4/38/01/186

    CONSTRUCTION OF SEGREGATED FOOTWAY/CYCLEWAY LINKING PATH AND VERGE

    Cheddon Road & Cul De Sac off, St Patricks Rd, TAUNTON, Somerset

    Received Not published
  21. Application Approved4/31/08/024

    INSTALLATION OF A NEW 4-BAY CLASSROOM UNIT AND ASSOCIATED WORKS FOR USE AS A PRE-SCHOOL

    Ruishton C of E VC Primary School, Newlands Road, Ruishton, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 5JZ

    Received Not published
  22. Application ApprovedSCC/4126/2025

    The proposal seeks to vary Condition 3 of planning permission SCC/3728/2020 to extend the operational period for waste deposit and site restoration. The current condition requires waste deposit to cease by 29th July 2026 and full site restoration by 29th July 2027, in accordance with the scheme approved under Condition 12. This proposal seeks to extend the waste deposit deadline by up to two years, until 29th July 2028, and the restoration deadline until 29th July 2029.

    Copse Quarry Landshire Lane Henstridge

    Received Not published
  23. Application Approved1/31/04/031

    REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING FENCING WITH NEW STEEL BOW TOP RAILINGS

    Lympsham C of E First School, LYMPSHAM

    Received Not published
  24. Application Approved04/01501/R3C

    THE ERECTION OF A 25m CHAIN LINK FENCE, 3m HIGH, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THE BOUNDARY

    Parcroft Junior School, Summerleaze Park, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2BP

    Received Not published

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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for 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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