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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
YPH Saracen Business Park, Artillery Road, Brympton, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8RP
Received Not publishedCricket St. Thomas Golf Club Windwhistle Cricket St. Thomas Chard TA20 4DG
Received Not publishedUnit 1, Mart Road, MINEHEAD, Somerset, TA24 5BJ
Received Not published42, Mount Street, Bishops Lydeard, TAUNTON, TA4 3LH
Received Not publishedParish Playing Fields, Vilberie Close, Norton Fitzwarren, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA2 6RS
Received Not publishedWestdown Quarry Whatley Frome Somerset (OS ST 719 661)
Received Not publishedWest Somerset Community College, Bircham Road, Alcombe, MINEHEAD, Somerset, TA24 6AY
Received Not publishedSky College Pickeridge Close Taunton TA2 7HW
Received Not publishedPreston C of E VC Primary School, The Tooze, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA21 3PH
Received Not publishedUnit 22 Evercreech Junction Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6NA
Received Not publishedYeovil HWRC, Artillery Road, Brympton, Yeovil, BA22 8YH
Received Not publishedRode First VC School, High Street, Rode, Frome, Somerset, BA11 6NZ
Received Not publishedLand between Showground Road/Marsh Lane and, Parrett Way, Colley Lane Industrial Estate, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedIndustrial site, Plum Lane, Dunwear, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedAshcott Primary School, Ashcott, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA7 9PP
Received Not publishedLand at Lufton, Lufton, BRYMPTON, Yeovil, BA22 8SX
Received Not publishedLand between Showground Road/Marsh Lane and, Parrett Way, Colley Lane Industrial Estate, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedCreech St Michael Primary School, Hyde Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5QQ
Received Not publishedQuarry Farm, Sherborne Road, Henstridge, TEMPLECOMBE, BA8 0PH
Received Not publishedWhiscombe Hill Landfill Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HY
Received Not publishedBadgers Sett Farm, Badgers Cross, Somerton, Somerset
Received Not publishedWedmore County First School, Blackford Road, WEDMORE, Somerset, BS28 4BS
Received Not publishedM5 J25 to A358/Ruishton Lane Junction.
Received Not publishedOtterhampton Primary School, School Lane, Combwich, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QS
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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