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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Otterhampton Primary School, Combwich, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 2QS
Received Not publishedUpton Noble Primary School, Upton Noble, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6AU
Received Not publishedTemplecombe Water Recycling Centre, Temple Lane, Templecombe, South Somerset, nearest postcode BA8 0HR
Received Not publishedPen Mill Sewage Treatment Works, Sherborne Road, Yeovil, BA21 5BG
Received Not publishedHolway Park Community School, Shakespeare Avenue, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 2JA
Received Not publishedP190 & P227, Westhay Moor Drove, Westhay, Meare, Somerset
Received Not publishedSouthwood Waste Management, Southwood Common, Evercreech, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 6LX
Received Not publishedSydenham Young People's Centre (Rollercoaster), Parkway, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6
Received Not publishedRobert Blake Science College & Elmwood School, Hamp Avenue, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 6AW
Received Not publishedBrains Farm, Moor Lane, Wincanton, BA9 9RA
Received Not publishedWincanton Sewage Treatment Works, Moor Lane, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 9EJ
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013, made 18 March 2013
Received Not publishedPreston C of E VC Primary School, The Toose, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3SN
Received Not publishedWilliton Household Waste Recycling Centre, Roughmoor, Williton, Somerset, TA4 4RF
Received Not publishedThe Castle School, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
Received Not publishedGreen Ore Farm Bungalow, Roemead Road, Green Ore, WELLS, BA5 3EP
Received Not publishedSouth Petherton County Junior School, Hayes End, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5AG
Received Not publishedKing Alfred Secondary School, Burnham Road, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset, TA9 3EE
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry Long Cross Bottom Stoke St Michael Shepton Mallet BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedLand at Comeytrowe Taunton Somerset TA3 7FD
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C Connection Project - between Bridgwater in Somerset and Seabank, near Avonmouth
Received Not publishedOS Field no 8638 (pt) approximately 500m West-Northwest of, Oatley Vineyard, Cannington, Bridgwater
Received Not publishedKingston St Mary Primary School, Kingston St Mary, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8JH
Received Not publishedHolyrood Community School, Zembard Lane, CHARD, Somerset, TA20 1JL
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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