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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Blackford Hill Quarry, Quarry Hill, Blackford, Yeovil, BA22 7EA
Received Not publishedLand between Showground Road/Marsh Lane and, Parrett Way, Colley Lane Industrial Estate, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not published3, Manor Road, Alcombe, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 6EH
Received Not publishedHuish Episcopi Secondary School, Wincanton Road, Huish Episcopi, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9SS
Received Not publishedColemans Quarry Haygrove Lane To Holwell Hill Nunney Shepton Mallet BA11 4PX
Received Not publishedP106, London Drove, Westhay Moor, MEARE, Somerset
Received Not publishedWilliton Depot and Waste Transfer Station Unit 1A-1D Roughmoor Williton Industrial Estate Taunton TA4 4RF
Received Not publishedLand at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedHamp Junior School, Rhode Lane, Bridgwater, TA6 6JB
Received Not publishedWestdown Quarry Whatley Frome Somerset
Received Not publishedMilborne Port County Primary School, North Street, Milborne Port, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5EP
Received Not publishedLand between Showground Road/Marsh Lane and, Parrett Way, Colley Lane Industrial Estate, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedThe Cratt Buildings, Long Sutton, LANGPORT, Somerset, TA10 9PZ
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Quarry Chads Hill Cannington Bridgwater Somerset TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedStation Quarry, CHARLTON MACKRELL, SOMERTON, SOMERSET, TA11 6AG
Received Not publishedLeigh upon Mendip First School, Leigh Street, Leigh upon Mendip, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5QQ
Received Not publishedKingsmead Secondary School, WIVELISCOMBE
Received Not publishedDimmerlandfill Site Dimmer Lane Castle Cary BA7 7NR
Received Not publishedSt Aldhelm's C of E Primary School, Chelynch Park, Doulting, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 4PL
Received Not publishedTorr Works Quarry East Cranmore Shepton Mallet BA4 4RA
Received Not publishedKingsbury Episcopi Primary School, Stembridge, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6BP
Received Not publishedSouth Petherton Junior School, Hayes End, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5DY
Received Not publishedWilliton Depot and Waste Transfer Station Roughmoor Williton TA4 4RF
Received Not publishedDimmer Waste Disposal Site, Dimmer Lane, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NR
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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