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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Frome Selwood Middle School, Berkley Road, FROME, BA11 2EF
Received Not publishedFormer Blagdon Hill Primary School, Howleigh Lane, Blagdon Hill, Taunton, TA3 7SW
Received Not publishedSludge Treatment Centre, Vale Road, Somerset, Somerset, BA21 5EL
Received Not publishedBrains Farm, Moor Lane, Wincanton, BA9 9RA
Received Not publishedBurnham on Sea Children's Centre, Winchester Road, Burnham on Sea, Somerset, TA8 1JD
Received Not publishedLand to the West of Lambrook Pig Unit, Lamyatt, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 6NX
Received Not publishedYeovil Golf Club, Sherborne Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5BW
Received Not publishedSt Andrews Junior School, Dunstan Road, Burnham on Sea, Somerset, TA8 1ER
Received Not publishedFairmead School Mudford Road Yeovil BA21 4NZ
Received Not publishedThe Elms, Wiltown, Curry Rivel, Langport, Somerset, TA10 0JD
Received Not publishedon land adjacent to, Burtle Road, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedDunwear Depot, River Lane, Dunwear, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0AA
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael
Received Not publishedHeathfield Community School, School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8PD
Received Not publishedMerriott First School, Church Street, Merriott, Somerset, TA16 5PT
Received Not publishedBeechfield Infant School, Burnham Road, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset, TA9 3JF
Received Not publishedThe Castle Secondary School, Wellington Road, TAUNTON, Somerset
Received Not published7, Coronation Road, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset, TA9 3JD
Received Not publishedAxbridge Primary School, Moorland Street, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2BA
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael
Received Not publishedLand At Bearley Farm Bearley Lane Tintinhull Yeovil BA22 8PE
Received Not publishedParkfield Primary School, Parkfield Road, Taunton, TA1 4RT
Received Not publishedCannington Roundabout North Cannington Bypass Cannington Bridgwater TA5 2PJ
Received Not publishedASH C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL, MAIN STREET, ASH, MARTOCK, SOMERSET, TA12 6NS
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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