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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Burnham on Sea Infants School, Winchester Road, Burnham on Sea, Somerset, TA8 1JD
Received Not publishedKilve Court Residential Education Centre,, Kilve, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1EA
Received Not publishedNorth Cadbury C of E Primary School, Cary Road, North Cadbury, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7DE
Received Not publishedFairlands Middle School, Masons Way, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3PG
Received Not publishedHinkley C Connection Project Hinkley Point Road Stogursey Bridgwater TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedLand (OS Plots 8254 pt, 9041 pt, 9427 pt & 0012 pt), South of Wills Road, Stockmoor, North Petherton, Bridgwater
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedLand to the West of Lambrook Pig Unit, Lamyatt, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 6NX
Received Not publishedHAM HILL QUARRY NORTH, HAM HILL, STOKE SUB HAMDON, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedChard Pupil Referral Unit (STEPS Centre), Bradfield Way, Chard, Somerset, TA20 2BG
Received Not publishedCambria Farm Park & Ride, Cambria Farm, Ilminster Road, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Quarry, Chad's Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedShepton Mallet Infants School, Waterloo Road, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5HE
Received Not publishedPreston Secondary School, Monks Dale, YEOVIL, Somerset
Received Not publishedWest Chinnock C of E Primary School, Scotts Way, West Chinnock, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7PT
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedNorton-sub-Hamdon Pumping Station Higher Street Norton sub Hamdon TA14 6SN
Received Not publishedClayland Corner Farm, Combwich, Stogursey, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedGrove Farm Quarry, Lime Kiln Lane, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NX
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedHam Sewage Treatment Works, Ham Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5NU
Received Not publishedArchbishop Cranmer Community School, Cranmer Road, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 1UX
Received Not publishedWalpole Landfill Site, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RS
Received Not publishedViridor Waste Somerset Ltd, Dimmer Landfill Site, Dimmer, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NR
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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