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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1, Mart Road, MINEHEAD, Somerset, TA24 5BJ
Received Not publishedBrent Knoll Primary School, Brent Street, Brent Knoll, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA9 4EQ
Received Not publishedHaygrove Secondary School, Durleigh Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7HW
Received Not publishedMilverton Community Primary School, Sand Street, Milverton, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 1JP
Received Not publishedSomerset Bridge Community Primary School, Stockmoor Drive, North Petherton, TA6 6AH
Received Not publishedCrispin Secondary School, Church Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0AD
Received Not publishedLand at Former Langdon Depot, Walford Cross, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8QP
Received Not publishedP22 Land at Short Drove, North Chine Drove, Godney, WELLS, BS28 4DH
Received Not publishedCamel Hill Farm Quarry, Queen Camel, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA22 7PL
Received Not publishedHamp Infants School, Rhode Lane, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 6JB
Received Not publishedWest Cranmore Quarry, West Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Received Not publishedRode First VC School, High Street, Rode, Frome, Somerset, BA11 6NZ
Received Not publishedBrent Knoll Primary School, Brent Street, Brent Knoll, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA9 4EQ
Received Not publishedWayside Farm, Station Road, Ansford, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7PA
Received Not publishedBishop's Hull Primary School, Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5EA
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C - Connection Project Hinkley Point Road Stogursey Bridgwater Somerset TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedHam Hill Quarry, Ham Hill, Stoke Sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6RW
Received Not publishedLand north of Cunningham Road & north-west of Drake Road, Wyndham Park, YEOVIL, BA21 5EY
Received Not publishedShepton Mallet Sewage Treatment Works Wells Road Darshill Shepton Mallet BA4 5FF
Received Not publishedNorton Fitzwarren C of E Community School, Blackdown View, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6TB
Received Not publishedShepton Beauchamp First School, Church Street, Shepton Beauchamp, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0LQ
Received Not publishedO.S. 2000 (pt), Colham Lane, Cricket St Thomas, Chard, Somerset
Received Not publishedSt Pauls Church of England Junior School, Paul Street, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 5LA
Received Not publishedPoole Household Waste Recyling Centre, Poole, Wellington, Somerset, T21 9HH
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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