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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
P136 - Land adjoining Turbary West Drove, Sharpham
Received Not publishedWhitstone Leisure and Community Centre, Charlton Road, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset
Received Not publishedFiveways School, Victoria Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5AZ
Received Not publishedSomerton STW, Barpool Lane, SOMERTON, TA11 6JB
Received Not publishedStaplegrove Primary School, Hudson Way, Staplegrove, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6UP
Received Not publishedWedmore First School, Blackford Road, Wedmore, Somerset, BS28 4BS
Received Not publishedLand (P18) adjoining, Oak's Drove, Westhay Moor, Glasonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedBetween CASTLE STREET and, WOOD STREET, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, TA1 4AU
Received Not publishedArchbishop Cranmer Community School, Cranmer Road, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 1UX
Received Not publishedFrome Community College, Bath Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HQ
Received Not publishedSomerton Primary School Land at Northfield Somerton TA11 6JB
Received Not published42, Mount Street, Bishops Lydeard, TAUNTON, TA4 3LH
Received Not publishedP204 - Land adjoining Wilderness Drove, Sharpham
Received Not publishedLand (P267) adjoining, Rock's Drove, Sharpham, Street, Somerset
Received Not publishedHenstridge Transfer and Reclamation Facility, 13A, Marsh Lane, HENSTRIDGE, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand between, Upper Holway Road and, Lisieux Way, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedKingsdon C of E Primary School, Kingsdon, Somerton, TA11 7JX
Received Not publishedBatts Combe Quarry, Warrens Hill, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3LR
Received Not publishedSt Lawrence C of E V C Primary School, School Hill, Westbury Sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1HL
Received Not publishedKilve Court Residential Education Centre, Kilve, TA5 1EA
Received Not publishedHam Hill Quarry, Ham Hill, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset
Received Not publishedP260 Land off, Higher Ropes Drove, Catcott, Bridgwater, TA4 8NQ
Received Not publishedPond Farm, Hardington, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2RE
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
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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