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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Doulting Sewage Treatment Works, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Received Not publishedMiddlezoy Primary School, Church Road, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0NZ
Received Not publishedSouth-West end of Durleigh Reservoir, Enmore Road, Enmore, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 2EB
Received Not publishedNorton Sub Hamdon C of E Primary School, New Road, Norton Sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6SF
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedPeat Site P238 "Hoopers Ground", Burtle Road, Westhay, GLASTONBURY, Somerset
Received Not publishedMeareway Farm, MEARE, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedSouthwood Waste Management Facility, Southwood Common, Evercreech, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 6LX
Received Not publishedBirchfield Community Centre, Birchfield Road, Yeovil, BA21 5RL
Received Not publishedWellington Library, 16, Fore Street, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8AQ
Received Not publishedDunwear Depot, River Lane, Dunwear, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0AA
Received Not publishedLand at Lufton, Lufton, BRYMPTON, Yeovil, BA22 8SX
Received Not publishedSilk Mills Park & Ride, Silk Mills Road, Roughmoor, Taunton, TA1 5AA
Received Not publishedDillington House Training & Conference Centre, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9DT
Received Not publishedPoole HWRC, Higher Poole, Poole, TA21 9HH
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedMilborne Port County Primary School, Glovers Close, Milborne Port, Somerset, DT9 5EP
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Quarry Cannington Somerset TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedBroadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ
Received Not publishedPawlett Primary School, Gaunts Road, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RX
Received Not publishedBrains Farm Moor Lane Wincanton Somerset BA9 9RA
Received Not publishedLympsham C of E First School, Rectory Way, Lympsham, Weston super Mare, Somerset, BS24 0EW
Received Not publishedWalpole Landfill Site, Puriton Road, Pawlett, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA9 3NL
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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