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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
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Received Not publishedEmborough Quarry, Emborough, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedLand at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedP3 Land at Westhay Heath & Westhay Moor, Westhay Heath, Meare
Received Not publishedChilton Street Pumping Station, Chilton Street, Saltlands, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedDanesfield C of E Community School, North Road, Williton, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 4SW
Received Not publishedBinegar C of E Primary School, Gurney Slade, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4UG
Received Not publishedStreet Heath and Walton Heath, Turbary West Drove, Sharpham, STREET, Somerset
Received Not publishedMerriott First School, Church Street, Merriott, Somerset, TA16 5PT
Received Not publishedBack River Drove and Sharpham Drove, Cradlebridge, Sharpham, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedPriory Fields Retail Park, Priory Fields, Taunton, TA1 1QS
Received Not publishedSomerton School Land at Northfield Road Somerton TA11 6JB
Received Not publishedBishop Henderson C of E VC Primary School, Farley Dell, Coleford, BA3 5PN
Received Not publishedParcroft Junior School, Summerleaze Park, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2BP
Received Not publishedHalecombe Quarry Leigh on Mendip Frome Somerset BA11 3RD
Received Not published0.094 ha parcel of land north of Hallicks Farm, Chilton Trinity, Bridgwater, TA5 2BQ
Received Not publishedBrymore School, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2NB
Received Not publishedHatch Beauchamp C of E Primary School, Station Road, Hatch Beauchamp, TA3 6SQ
Received Not publishedWembdon St George's Primary School, Brantwood Road, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedSomerset Heritage Centre, Brunel Way, Langford Mead, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6SF
Received Not publishedFrome Community College, Bath Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HQ
Received Not publishedMerriott Sewage Treatment Works, Merriott, Somerset, TA16 5PL
Received Not publishedCricket St. Thomas Golf Club Windwhistle Cricket St. Thomas Chard TA20 4DG
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
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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