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Somerset Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
4,569Searchable applications
211Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 3,378 approved or refused records
66Refused applications

3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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.

Conservation areas178 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

More application records

  1. Application ClosedSCC/4145/2026

    Lawful Development Certificate (LDC) Application Submission > Use of 6No. Existing Anaerobic Digestion Tanks at Cannington Enterprises Ltd., Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2NJ

    Cannington Enterprises Ltd Cannington Bridgwater Somerset TA5 2NJ

    Received Not published
  2. Application Closed1/13/17/00012/Cond3

    Application for the Discharge of Condition 3 of Planning Permission ref: 1/13/17/00012 (Castle Hill Quarry Extension) Summary: Submission of Details relating to Safeguarding and Rerouting Footpath.

    Castle Hill Quarry, Chad's Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF

    Received Not published
  3. Application Approved011493/012/cond.30

    DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 30

    Doulting Stone Quarry, Chelynch Road, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4PZ

    Received Not published
  4. Application Approved06/03340/R3C/cond.3

    APPLICATION FOR PROPOSED BUILDING AND CAR PARK ALTERATIONS; DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 3 (LANDSCAPING)

    Swanmead Community School, Ditton Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0BL

    Received Not published
  5. Application Approved1/96/17/00015

    Hinkley Point 'C' - Statutory Order 2013 made - 18 March 2013 - Submission to discharge planning requirement PW7 (1), (2), (6) Highway Work No.19 (M5 Junction 23)

    Hinkley Point C Power Station, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1YA

    Received Not published
  6. Application Approved1/08/05/144

    CONSTRUCTION OF A CYCLE ROUTE

    between Cranleigh Gardens, and Liberty Place, around Eastover Park, Bridgwater, Somerset

    Received Not published
  7. Application Approved09/00031/CPO/cond6/1

    Article 27 submission of 'a scheme for the enhancement of the biodiversity value of the site' pursuant to Condition No. 5 of Planning Permission 09/00031/CPO dated 19 March 2009, for the `Use of existing building for the manufacture of reconstituted traditional flagstones, formation of storage bays and the formation of a hard-standing'

    Land at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW

    Received Not published
  8. Application Approved1/39/02/011

    ERECTION OF COVERED FEED YARD

    Brinscombe Lane End Farm, Weare, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2LH

    Received Not published
  9. Application Approved4/49/14/0069

    Replacement of existing double-glazed alluminium casement windows with 'Met-therm' comparable windows in mid grey colour and repointing of external stonework using a lime mortar

    Wiveliscombe Primary School, North Street, Wiveliscombe, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 2LA

    Received Not published
  10. Temporary Permission Expired1/54/07/007

    ERECTIONOF 5-BAY RELOCATABLE BUILDING PLUS 1-BAY EXTENSION TO EXISTING NURSERY AND RELOCATION OF TEMPORARY UNIT

    Woolavington Community Primary School, Higher Road, Woolavington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8EA

    Received Not published
  11. Temporary Permission Expired05/03383/R3C

    NEW 10-BAY TEMPORARY CLASSROOM AND OFFICE BUILDING TO REPLACE EXISTING BUILDINGS

    ILTON FIRST SCHOOL, COPSE LANE, ILTON, ILMINSTER, SOMERSET, TA19 9EX

    Received Not published
  12. Application Approved4/48/05/020

    APPLICATION FOR THE ERECTION OF BICYCLE SHELTERS

    Heathfield Community School, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD

    Received Not published
  13. Application Approved2016/3103/CNT

    Development of a waste management facility at the Green Ore Farm Waste Composting Site, including weighbridge and office/staff facilities

    Green Ore Farm, Green Ore, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3EP

    Received Not published
  14. Out to Consultation/ Decision Pending4/38/08/223/COND.10

    TAUNTON NORTHERN INNER DISTRIBUTOR ROAD (NIDR): PROPOSAL FOR A NEW HIGHWAY LINKING STAPLEGROVE ROAD TO PRIORY AVENUE INCLUDING A NEW BRIDGE AT CHIP LANE (FOR PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLES), ROAD BRIDGE AT STATION ROAD AND A ROAD BRIDGE ACROSS THE RIVER TONE AT PRIORY PARK - DETAILS TO SATISY CONDITION 10 (Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessment)

    Priory Bridge Road Car Park & 84-94 Priory Bridge Road, Taunton Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR), Taunton, Somerset

    Received Not published
  15. Application Approved3/38/09/005

    INSTALLATION OF A NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND ANCILLARY DRAINAGE WORKS TO SERVE THE HOLIDAY CLUB ON LAND AT

    St Audries Bay Holiday Club, West Quantoxhead, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 4DY

    Received Not published
  16. Application Approved101679/014/cond.11

    CONSTRUCTION OF A THERMAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY, ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING - DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 11 (PROTECTION FROM NOISE FROM CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS)

    The Old Railway Yard, Haybridge, Wells, BA5 1AH

    Received Not published
  17. Application Approved04/03318/CPO

    ON FARM COMPOSTING OF ORGANIC WASTE

    Goldenhaye Field, Cricket St Thomas Estate, Cricket St Thomas, Chard, Somerset

    Received Not published
  18. Application Approved1/37/15/013

    Construction of a new footway and cycleway linking Wills Road with Stockmoor Village, including the provision of a new cycleway / footway bridge across Stockmoor Rhyne

    Land (OS Plots 8254 pt, 9041 pt, 9427 pt & 0012 pt), South of Wills Road, Stockmoor, North Petherton, Bridgwater

    Received Not published
  19. Application Approved03/00550/R3C

    REPLACEMENT OF TEMPORARY CLASSROOM UNITS E211 AND E280 WITH NEW 3 BAY AND 5 BAY ELLIOTT CLASSROOMS IN THE SAME LOCATION

    Wincanton Primary School, Station Road, WINCANTON, Somerset, BA9 9DZ

    Received Not published
  20. Application Approved15/00701/R3C

    Construction of a new single classroom pre-school nursery building to serve Wincanton Primary School, with associated access off Thornwell Way, staff and visitor car parking and landscaping on land adjacent to existing school playing field

    Wincanton Primary School (playing field), Thornwell Way, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9EN

    Received Not published
  21. Application Approved07/02081/R3C

    RETENTION OF TEMPORARY CLASSROOM (UNIT E.596)

    Curry Rivel Primary School, Church Street, Curry Rivel, LANGPORT, Somerset, TA10 0HD

    Received Not published
  22. Application Approved4/35/13/0022/Cond8/1

    Article 27 Submission of a site working plan peruant to condition 8 of Planning Permission dated:18 March 2015 for raising ground levels; laying concrete; erecting new workshop building; new sewage treatment plant; new surface water drainage system and resiting existing buildings

    Greenham Quarry, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0JU

    Received Not published
  23. Application Approved11/02619/CPO/cond.11

    Extension of Bowden's Lane Quarry, the Establishment of a Processing Workshop and Hardstandings; A New Access off White Hill and Ancillary Development - details to satisfy condition 11 (Visibility Splay)

    Bowden's Lane Quarry, Bowdens Lane, LANGPORT, Somerset

    Received Not published
  24. Application ApprovedSCC/3833/2021/Cond26

    Discharge Condition 26 - Water protection

    Colemans Quarry Haygrove Lane To Holwell Hill Nunney Shepton Mallet BA11 4PX

    Received Not published

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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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