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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Springmead Works, Beeching Close, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1BB
Received Not publishedMonkton Elm Roundabout A38/535
Received Not publishedNew House Farm Shapwick Road Westhay Glastonbury BA6 9TT
Received Not publishedShire Hall, Shuttern, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4EU
Received Not publishedTrinity First School, Nunney Road, FROME, BA11 4LB
Received Not publishedWhiteball Quarry, Whiteball, Sampford Arundel, WELLINGTON, Somerset, TA21 0LY
Received Not publishedBrent Knoll Primary School, Brent Street, Brent Knoll, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA9 4EQ
Received Not publishedHam Hill Quarry, Ham Hill, Stoke Sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6RW
Received Not publishedLand forming part of Westfield Farm, Keinton Mandeville, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6DQ
Received Not publishedP49 land off Northload (Oaks) Drove, Oaks Drove, Meare, Glastonbury
Received Not publishedP219 Land at Westhay Heath, Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedSt Peters First School, Doniford Road, Williton, Somerset, TA4 4SF
Received Not publishedLand South of Westhay Moor Drove (P.61), Westhay Moor, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedLangford Budville Church of England Primary School Ritherdons Lane Langford Budville Wellington TA21 0RD
Received Not publishedGreenham Quarry, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0JU
Received Not publishedWhiteball Quarry, Whiteball, Sampford Arundel, WELLINGTON, Somerset, TA21 0LY
Received Not publishedOthery Primary School, Fore Street, Othery, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA7 0PX
Received Not publishedKeinton Mandeville Primary School, Chistles Lane, Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, TA11 6ES
Received Not publishedO.S. Plot 0023 Sheet Nos. ST4639 & ST4739, Sharpham Crossing, Sharpham, Street, BA16 9SF
Received Not publishedCheddar First School, Hillfield, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3HN
Received Not publishedYeovil Pen Mill Sewage Treatment Works, Sherborne Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5BJ
Received Not publishedHamp Academy, Rhode Lane, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
Received Not publishedSouth Petherton Junior School, Hayes End, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5DY
Received Not publishedLand to the South of the River Brue, New Road, East Huntspill, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset
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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