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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cannington Enterprises Ltd Cannington Bridgwater Somerset TA5 2NJ
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Quarry, Chad's Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedDoulting Stone Quarry, Chelynch Road, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4PZ
Received Not publishedSwanmead Community School, Ditton Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0BL
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C Power Station, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedbetween Cranleigh Gardens, and Liberty Place, around Eastover Park, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedBrinscombe Lane End Farm, Weare, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2LH
Received Not publishedWiveliscombe Primary School, North Street, Wiveliscombe, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 2LA
Received Not publishedWoolavington Community Primary School, Higher Road, Woolavington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8EA
Received Not publishedILTON FIRST SCHOOL, COPSE LANE, ILTON, ILMINSTER, SOMERSET, TA19 9EX
Received Not publishedHeathfield Community School, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD
Received Not publishedGreen Ore Farm, Green Ore, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3EP
Received Not publishedPriory Bridge Road Car Park & 84-94 Priory Bridge Road, Taunton Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR), Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedSt Audries Bay Holiday Club, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 4DY
Received Not publishedThe Old Railway Yard, Haybridge, Wells, BA5 1AH
Received Not publishedGoldenhaye Field, Cricket St Thomas Estate, Cricket St Thomas, Chard, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand (OS Plots 8254 pt, 9041 pt, 9427 pt & 0012 pt), South of Wills Road, Stockmoor, North Petherton, Bridgwater
Received Not publishedWincanton Primary School, Station Road, WINCANTON, Somerset, BA9 9DZ
Received Not publishedWincanton Primary School (playing field), Thornwell Way, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9EN
Received Not publishedCurry Rivel Primary School, Church Street, Curry Rivel, LANGPORT, Somerset, TA10 0HD
Received Not publishedGreenham Quarry, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0JU
Received Not publishedBowden's Lane Quarry, Bowdens Lane, LANGPORT, Somerset
Received Not publishedColemans Quarry Haygrove Lane To Holwell Hill Nunney Shepton Mallet BA11 4PX
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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