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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Folly House Field, Kilve Court, Kilve
Received Not publishedOdcombe Household Waste Recycling Centre, Street Lane, ODCOMBE, Somerset
Received Not publishedChurchfield C of E VC Primary School, Burnham Road, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset, TA9 3JF
Received Not publishedWestfield Academy, Stiby Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3EP
Received Not publishedBurcott House Farm, Pennybatch Lane, Burcott, Wells
Received Not publishedLand adjoining, Sharpham Lane, Sharpham, STREET, Somerset
Received Not publishedCar Breakers Yard, Northwick Road, Mark, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset
Received Not publishedParish Playing Fields, Vilberie Close, Norton Fitzwarren, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA2 6RS
Received Not publishedBucklers Mead School, St Johns Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NH
Received Not publishedP177 - Land between Northload Drove and Eastern Drove, Westhay Moor
Received Not publishedRobert Blake Science College & Elmwood School, Hamp Avenue, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 6AW
Received Not publishedHamp Infants School, Rhode Lane, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 6JB
Received Not publishedLand north of Cunningham Road & north-west of Drake Road, Wyndham Park, YEOVIL, BA21 5EY
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedFORMER CHARD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, BEECHING CLOSE, CHARD, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedWookey Primary School, Wells Road, Wookey, Wells, BA5 1LQ
Received Not publishedNorton Fitzwarren C of E Community School, Blackdown View, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6TB
Received Not publishedWilliton Household Waste Recycling Centre, Roughmoor, Williton, Somerset, TA4 4RF
Received Not publishedKing Ina C Of E Academy Northfield Somerton TA11 6JB
Received Not publishedFORMER CHARD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, BEECHING CLOSE, CHARD, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedCompound 3, Small Industries Estate, River Lane, Dunwear, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
Received Not publishedHope Moor Farm, Bullplace Bridge Road, Stathe, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA7 0JL
Received Not publishedWalpole Waste Management Facility Bristol Road Walpole Bridgwater TA6 4TF
Received Not publishedLand at, Burtle Road, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9SP
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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