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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wembdon St George's School, Brantwood Road, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7PS
Received Not publishedBristol Road Sewage Pumping Station, Bristol Road, Bridgwater, TA6 4LF
Received Not publishedPriory Roundabout A3038/130
Received Not publishedLand at Showground Road, Showground Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 6AJ
Received Not publishedWorthy Farm, Worthy Lane, Pilton, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 4BY
Received Not publishedThe Elms, Wiltown, Curry Rivel, Langport, Somerset, TA10 0JD
Received Not publishedWest Huntspill Sewage Treatment Works, West Huntspill, Somerset
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedRockwell Green VC Primary School, Brooklands Road, Rockwell Green, TA21 9DJ
Received Not publishedFormer Fisons Football Ground at Eclipse Works (P.41), ASHCOTT ROAD, MEARE, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, BA6 9SU
Received Not publishedLand adjoining Dye House Lane, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedChurchfield C of E VC Primary School, Burnham Road, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset, TA9 3JF
Received Not publishedHinton St George C of E First School, West Street, Hinton St George, Somerset, TA17 8SA
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Quarry, Chads Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedSwanmead Community School, Ditton Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0BL
Received Not publishedKilve Court Residential Education Centre, Kilve, BRIDGWATER, TA5 1EA
Received Not publishedLand adjoining, 'Oswaldo', Coast Road, Brean Sands, Somerset
Received Not publishedAgricultural Building at Pepperhill Farm, Over Stowey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1HL
Received Not publishedQuarry Farm, Sherborne Road, Henstridge, TEMPLECOMBE, BA8 0PH
Received Not publishedCheddar First School, Hillfield, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3HN
Received Not publishedBartletts Elm Roundabout A372/225 Huish Episcopi
Received Not publishedP211 - Land adjacent to Sharpham Drove, Sharpham
Received Not publishedHam Sewage Treatment Works, Ham Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5NU
Received Not publishedCurry Rivel Primary School, School Street, Curry Rivel, LANGPORT, Somerset
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 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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