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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Frome Enterprise Resource Centre, Manor Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4BS
Received Not publishedStoke St Gregory Primary School, Stoke St Gregory, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 6EG
Received Not publishedHeathfield Community School, School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8PD
Received Not publishedLotley Farm, Upton, Wiveliscombe, Somerset
Received Not publishedTaunton Work Power, Units 22-26, Livingstone Way, Bindon Road, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA2 6BD
Received Not publishedHeathfield Community School, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD
Received Not publishedLand to the West of Lambrook Pig Unit, Lamyatt, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 6NX
Received Not publishedWhiscombe Hill Landfill Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HY
Received Not publishedCourtfields Community School, Mantle Street, Wellington, TA21 8SW
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Quarry, Chad's Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedKilve Court Residential Education Centre, Kilve, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1EA
Received Not publishedAvalon School, Brooks Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PS
Received Not publishedFormer Fisons Football Ground at Eclipse Works (P.41), ASHCOTT ROAD, MEARE, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, BA6 9SU
Received Not publishedHinkley Point A Hinkley Point Road Nr Bridgwater TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedEast Bridgwater Community School, Parkway, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 4QY
Received Not publishedSpaxton Primary School, High Street, Spaxton, TA5 1BS
Received Not publishedCountess Gytha Primary School, WEST CAMEL ROAD, QUEEN CAMEL, YEOVIL, BA227LT
Received Not publishedBowdens Lane Quarry, Bowdens Lane, Langport
Received Not publishedGrove Farm Quarry, Lime Kiln Lane, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NX
Received Not publishedO.S. Plot 0023 Sheet Nos. ST4639 & ST4739, Sharpham Crossing, Sharpham, Street, BA16 9SF
Received Not publishedBurtons Orchard, 9, Wilton Street, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 3JR
Received Not publishedLand South East of Shawford Farm, Shawford, Beckington, Frome, BA11 6SQ
Received Not publishedP13, North Chine Drove, Mudgley
Received Not publishedHolway Park Primary School, Shakespeare Avenue, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2JA
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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