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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Curry Rivel Primary School, School Street, Curry Rivel, LANGPORT, Somerset
Received Not publishedStowey wood, Nether Stowey
Received Not publishedShepton Mallet Infants School, Waterloo Road, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5HE
Received Not publishedShepton Mallet Leisure Centre, Charlton Road, Shepton Mallet
Received Not publishedCoy Farm, Castle Hill Quarry, Chads Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedGreenfylde First School, Silver Street, ILMINSTER, Somerset, TA19 0DS
Received Not publishedCanal Way Roundabout West T9313/20 Ilminster
Received Not publishedThe former St Augustine School Site, Lyngford Road, Taunton, TA2 7EF
Received Not publishedPriory Bridge Road Car Park & 84-94 Priory Bridge Road, Taunton Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR), Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedThe Old Farmhouse, Avishayes Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1RU
Received Not publishedO.S. FIELDS REF. 9596 (pt), 8446 (PT) AND 5636 (PT), TO WEST OF FULLARDS FARM, FULWOOD, TAUNTON, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedCastle Cary Water Recycling Centre SOUTH CARY LANE Castle Cary BA7 7EZ
Received Not publishedD9857: West Huntspill Sewage Treatment Works (STW) Bathing Water Improvements: Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion.
Received Not publishedLand at Former Langdon Depot, Walford Cross, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8QP
Received Not publishedCrispin Secondary School, Church Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0AD
Received Not publishedShepton Beauchamp First School, Church Street, Shepton Beauchamp, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0LQ
Received Not publishedAshcott Primary School, Ashcott, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA7 9PP
Received Not publishedP180 - Land at Middle Drove, Walton Heath
Received Not publishedGreenfylde C of E First School, Silver Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0DS
Received Not publishedWhiscombe Hill Landfill Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HY
Received Not publishedWembdon St Georges C of E Primary School, Brantwood Road, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7PS
Received Not publishedSaltlands Recycling Centre, Saltlands Avenue, Chilton Trinity, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3JG
Received Not publishedHolyrood Academy Zembard Lane Chard TA20 1JL
Received Not publishedMendip Centre, Beckery New Road, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9NS
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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