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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Churchstanton Primary School, Churchstanton, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 7RL
Received Not publishedAvalon School, Brooks Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PS
Received Not publishedPerry's Recycling, Unit 2A, Showground Road, Huntworth, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedSt Pauls C of E VC Junior School, 4, Paul Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5LA
Received Not publishedLand to the South of the River Brue, New Road, East Huntspill, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset
Received Not publishedChurchstanton County School Willand Road Churchstanton Taunton TA3 7RL
Received Not publishedMilborne Port County Primary School, North Street, Milborne Port, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 5EP
Received Not publishedWest Down Farm Holwell Nunney
Received Not publishedCloford Quarry, A361
Received Not publishedMisterton C of E First School, Middle Street, Misterton, Somerset, TA18 8LZ
Received Not publishedTaunton Northfields Link Education Building, Northfields, Bishop Hull, Somerset, Somerset, TA1 5DR
Received Not publishedHindhayes County Infant School, Leigh Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0HB
Received Not publishedHaygrove School, Durleigh Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7HW
Received Not publishedHam Sewage Treatment Works, Ham Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5NU
Received Not publishedHInkley Point C - Connection Project Hinkley Point Road Stogursey Bridgwater Somerset TA5 1YA
Received Not published1, Dove Cots Close and, Willow Bungalow, Farm Lane, Somerset
Received Not publishedKilmersdon C of E Primary School, Radstock, Kilmersdon, Somerset, BA3 5TE
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedCookswood (Holcombe) Quarry, Bector Lane, Stoke St Michael, Bath
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Quarry Chads Hill Cannington Bridgwater Somerset TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedLand west of Halfways House, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7LW
Received Not publishedCharlton Mackrell Primary School, Bonfire Lane, Charlton Mackrell, SOMERTON, TA11 7BN
Received Not publishedTaunton Divisional Fire Station, Lisieux Way, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedFiveways School, Victoria Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5AZ
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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