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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Wincanton Primary School, Station Road, WINCANTON, Somerset, BA9 9DZ
Received Not publishedCurry Mallet C of E Primary School, Lower Street, Curry Mallet, Somerset, TA3 6TA
Received Not publishedRockwell Green VC Primary School, Brooklands Road, Rockwell Green, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9DJ
Received Not publishedChard Junction Quarry Green Lane Junction Westford Park Road To Broadbridge Farm Junction Chard Junction Dorset TA20 4QS
Received Not publishedAshlands Vc First School North Street Crewkerne TA18 7AL
Received Not publishedSt Cuthberts Paper Mill Haybridge Lane Haybridge Wells BA5 1AG
Received Not publishedLyngford Park Community Primary School, Bircham Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8EX
Received Not publishedHam Sewage Treatment Works, Ham Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5NU
Received Not publishedHolm Farm, Rectory Way, Lympsham, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand east of Langport Water Recycling Centre
Received Not publishedUnit 22 Evercreech Junction SHEPTON MALLET BA4 6NA
Received Not publishedUpton Noble Primary School, Upton Noble, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6AU
Received Not publishedLand on Westhay Moor, Somerset
Received Not publishedP.265, White's Drove, Godney, WELLS, BA5 1PT
Received Not publishedNorth Curry Primary School, Greenway, North Curry, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 6NQ
Received Not publishedKingsmoor Primary School, Church Road, Bawdrip, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8PY
Received Not publishedColeman's Quarry Complex, Holwell, Nunney, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4PX
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C Hinkley Point Road Stogursey Bridgwater TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedSpaxton Road, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
Received Not publishedSelworthy School, Selworthy Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8HD
Received Not publishedOS Field Ref 8469 (pt), Horsey Lane, Horsey, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8QJ
Received Not publishedP.67 (pt) south of Wilderness Drove, Walton Heath, Sharpham, Street, Somerset
Received Not publishedSt Pauls Church of England Junior School, Paul Street, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 5LA
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
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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