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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Coker Primary School, West Coker, Yeovil, Somerset
Received Not publishedWellesley Park Primary School, Homefield, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9AJ
Received Not publishedLand at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedPeat Site P.102, Turbary East Drove, Sharpham, Street, Somerset, BA16 9SF
Received Not publishedSaltlands Transport Depot Saltlands Avenue Bridgwater TA6 3JG
Received Not publishedLand at Dead Woman's Bottom, Asham Wood, Chantry
Received Not publishedChilthorne Domer Primary School, Main Street, Chilthorne Domer, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8RD
Received Not publishedrear of Sycamore House, Walrow, Highbridge, Somerset
Received Not publishedMay Gurney Ltd. Williton Depot, Slade Way, Roughmoor, Williton, Somerset, TA4 4RF
Received Not publishedPoole Waste Transfer Station, Poole, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9HH
Received Not publishedPriory Bridge Road Car Park & 84-94 Priory Bridge Road, Taunton Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR), Taunton, Somerset
Received Not published42, Mount Street, Bishops Lydeard, TAUNTON, TA4 3LH
Received Not publishedLongcroft Farm, Stone Lane, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NU
Received Not publishedSomerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Langford Mead, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6SF
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity Technical College, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedTonebridge, WELLINGTON, Somerset
Received Not published42, Mount Street, Bishops Lydeard, TAUNTON, TA4 3LH
Received Not publishedPoole Landfill Site, Poole, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9HH
Received Not publishedLand (P89) adjoining, Oaks Drove, Godney, Wells, BA6 9LE
Received Not publishedSomerton Primary School Land at Northfield Somerton TA11 6JB
Received Not publishedOS Plots 3809 & 4800, ROCKS DROVE, SHARPHAM, STREET, SOMERSET, BA16 9SQ
Received Not publishedUpton Noble C of E VC Primary School, Upton Noble, SHEPTON MALLET, BA4 6AU
Received Not publishedRode First VC School, High Street, Rode, Frome, Somerset, BA11 6NZ
Received Not publishedVALLIS FIRST SCHOOL, MILK STREET, FROME, SOMERSET, BA11 3DB
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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