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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
P50 & P82 Land adjoining North Chine Drove, North Chine Drove, Godney Moor, Wells, BA5 1PS
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Quarry Company Ltd Castle Hill Quarry Chads Hill Cannington Bridgwater Somerset TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedNewholme, Bushy Cross Lane, Ruishton, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5JT
Received Not publishedColemans Quarry,, Nunney, FROME, Somerset, BA11 4PX
Received Not publishedLydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School, Lydeard St Lawrence, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 3SF
Received Not publishedHindhayes Infants School, Leigh Road, STREET, Somerset, BA16 0HB
Received Not publishedLand to the North of Torr Works, East Cranmore, Shepton Mallet
Received Not publishedDoulting Stone Quarry, Chelynch Road, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4PZ
Received Not publishedWhiscombe Hill Landfill Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HY
Received Not publishedWells Blue Church of England School, Kennion Road, Wells, Somerset
Received Not publishedThe Charterhouse Centre, Charterhouse-on-Mendip, Blagdon, Somerset, BS40 7XR
Received Not publishedMuchelney Access Project, Law Lane, Muchelney, LANGPORT, Somerset
Received Not publishedPerry's Recycling, Unit 2A, Showground Road, Huntworth, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedUnit 1, Mart Road, MINEHEAD, Somerset, TA24 5BJ
Received Not publishedYeovil HWRC, Artillery Road, Brympton, Yeovil, BA22 8YH
Received Not publishedBetween CASTLE STREET and, WOOD STREET, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, TA1 4AU
Received Not publishedCannington Cold Stores, Swang Farm, Cannington, TA5 2NJ
Received Not publishedKilve Court Residential Education Centre, Kilve, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1EA
Received Not publishedMeare County Primary School, St Mary's Road, Meare, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9SP
Received Not publishedSky College, Pickeridge Close, Taunton, TA2 7HW
Received Not publishedWoolavington Community Primary School, Higher Road, Woolavington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8EA
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry Shipham Road Somerset Cheddar BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedBridgwater Community Hospital Roundabout T1229/15
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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