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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Camel Hill Farm Quarry, Queen Camel, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA22 7PL
Received Not publishedCulverwell, Shaftesbury Lane, Stoke Trister, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9PL
Received Not publishedP3 Land at Westhay Heath & Westhay Moor, Westhay Heath, Meare
Received Not publishedRNAS Yeovilton, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8HL
Received Not publishedField OS Ref 4119, West of Cross Cottages, Bratton Seymour, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 8BZ
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Quarry, Chads Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedP18, Northload Drove, Westhay Moor,, Meare, GLASTONBURY, Somerset
Received Not publishedSwanmead Community School Ditton Street Ilminster TA19 0BL
Received Not publishedJOHN WAINWRIGHT & CO LTD, MOONS HILL QUARRY, MENDIP ROAD, STOKE ST. MICHAEL, RADSTOCK, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedBurcott House Farm, Wookey, Wells
Received Not publishedP222 Land at, Heathway Drove, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry, Shipham Gorge, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedTEST SITE SOuth SOmerset
Received Not publishedBurnham on Sea Infants School, Winchester Road, Burnham on Sea, Somerset, TA8 1JD
Received Not publishedLand off Nerrols Drive Taunton TA2 8QE
Received Not publishedWembdon St George's Primary School, Brantwood Road, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry Complex Mendip Road Stoke St Michael Radstock Somerset BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry, Shipham Gorge, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedSouthwood Waste Management, Southwood Common, Evercreech, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 6LX
Received Not publishedSt Dunstan School BA6 9BY
Received Not publishedWhiscombe Hill Waste Management Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, TA11 6HY
Received Not publishedArchbishop Cranmer Community Primary School, Cranmer Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1UX
Received Not publishedHayesdown First School, Wyville Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2BN
Received Not publishedTorr Works, East Cranmore, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 4SQ
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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