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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Whiscombe Hill Landfill Site, Whiscombe Hill, Somertonfield Road, SOMERTON, TA11 6Hy
Received Not publishedBroadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ
Received Not publishedBlackbrook Primary School, Ashbourne Crescent, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2RA
Received Not publishedChilthorne Domer C of E VC Primary School, Main Street, Chilthorne Domer, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8RD
Received Not publishedO.S. Plot 0023 Sheet Nos. ST4639 & ST4739, Sharpham Crossing, Sharpham, Street, BA16 9SF
Received Not publishedPen Mill Sewage Treatment Works Sherborne Road Yeovil BA21 5BG
Received Not publishedColemans Quarry Haygrove Lane To Holwell Hill Wanstrow Shepton Mallet BA11 4PX
Received Not publishedPriory Bridge Road Car Park & 84-94 Priory Bridge Road, Taunton Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR), Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand at Kilmersdon (Proposed Gravity Sewer & Rising Main), Kilmersdon, Frome, Somerset, BA3 5TB
Received Not publishedColeman's Quarry Complex, Holwell, Nunney, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4PX
Received Not publishedNorth Petherton Primary School School Fields North Petherton Bridgwater TA6 6LU
Received Not publishedCurry Rivel Primary School, Church Street, Curry Rivel, LANGPORT, Somerset, TA10 0HD
Received Not publishedTatworth Primary School, School Lane, Tatworth, Chard, Somerset, TA20 2RX
Received Not publishedWalpole Landfill Site, Walpole Waste Transfer Site Bristol Road Walpole Bridgwater Somerset TA6 4TF
Received Not publishedChard Enterprise Centre Beeching Close Taunton TA20 1BB
Received Not publishedCastle Cary Primary School, Park Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7EH
Received Not publishedRuishton C of E VC Primary School, Newlands Road, Ruishton, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 5JZ
Received Not publishedOS plot 8940pt, Burtle Road
Received Not publishedWestbury Quarry, Westbury Sub Mendip, WELLS, Somerset
Received Not publishedHemington Primary School, Hemington, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5XU
Received Not publishedChurch Street Roundabout Church Street/Caxton Road Highbridge
Received Not publishedTout Quarry, Charlton Adam, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7AN
Received Not publishedMaiden Beech Middle School, Lyme Road, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8HG
Received Not publishedMinehead Middle School, Ponsford Road, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5RH
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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