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Somerset Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
4,569Searchable applications
211Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 3,378 approved or refused records
66Refused applications

3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas178 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

More application records

  1. Application Approved1/13/16/050

    Section 73 Application - Variation of Condition No.1 of permission No. 1/13/07/043 for the storage of topsoil and subsoil for site restoration purposes) until 31 December 2017

    S Roberts & Son (Bridgwater) Ltd, Spaxton Road Landfill, SPAXTON ROAD, BRIDGWATER, TA5 2NU

    Received Not published
  2. Application Closed1/39/02/002

    PROPOSED SEWAGE PUMPING STATION ON LAND ADJACENT TO

    No. 1 Dame Withycombe Villas, Combwich, Otterhampton, BRIDGWATER, Somerset

    Received Not published
  3. Application WithdrawnSCC/3973/2022

    x 3 roundabout advertisement/sponsorship signs. The facia of each sign measures 500 x 1000 mm with a depth of 2mm, installed at a height of 260mm from the ground to the base of the sign. The sign will be mounted onto two galvanised tubular steel posts, height: 885mm (above ground 760mm, below ground 125mm) x 60mm diameter, fixing: two clips per post. The signs are made of road traffic grade recycled material composite. There will be only one advertiser per roundabout and each sign will be identical, displaying their company branding above a message reading "Somerset County Council supporting local businesses". Advertising on a roundabout is taken up on a minimum one-year contract and the message will remain constant during this time. All designs will be approved by Somerset County Council prior to going into production.

    Station Road Roundabout B3168/107 Ilminster

    Received Not published
  4. Application Approved4/38/12/0053/cond.6

    Construction of a Temporary Road from Priory Bridge Road to the western end of Priory Park near to no.42 - details to satisfy condition 6 (Timetable for temporary closure of Priory Park)

    Former Priory Bridge Car Park from Priory Bridge Road to, Priory Park, Taunton

    Received Not published
  5. Application Approved02/02637/R3C

    RETENTION OF TEMPORARY CLASSROOM UNIT E379

    Stanchester Community School, Montacute Road, Stoke Sub Hamdon, Yeovil, Somerset, TA14 6UG

    Received Not published
  6. Application Approved01/03151/R3C

    CONSTRUCTION OF 225 SQUARE METRES OF HARD PLAY AREA AND ADDITIONAL PATHS

    Birchfield Primary School, Birchfield Road, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA21 5RL

    Received Not published
  7. Application Approved07/03757/R3C

    INSTALLATION OF FENCING AND GATES FOR THE SECURITY OF THE BUILDINGS AND OCCUPANTS

    Holyrood Community School, Zembard Lane, CHARD, Somerset, TA20 1JL

    Received Not published
  8. Application Approved1/14/89/006

    The extraction of peat and alteration to con 2 of pp 47884 to enable after-use as a lake .

    P260 Land off, Higher Ropes Drove, Catcott, Bridgwater, TA4 8NQ

    Received Not published
  9. Application Approved12/02738/CPO

    Variation of conditions 12 and 13 of permission 05/03174/CPO to enable the site to remain open until 7pm on Mondays only between 1 October and 31 March.

    Chard Recycling Centre, Beeching Close, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1BB

    Received Not published
  10. Application Withdrawn1/13/07/041

    PROPOSED VARIATION OF CONDITION 2 OF PLANNING PERMISSION NO 1/13/06/036 (DATED 30.03.07) (FOR THE STORAGE, CRUSHING AND RECYCLING OF HARDCORE) TO PERMIT OPERATIONS FROM 0800 HOURS (RATHER THAN 0900 HRS) MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS

    Spaxton Road, BRIDGWATER, Somerset

    Received Not published
  11. Application Approved2015/0990/CNT

    Application for the importation of inert fill material including waste for the implementation of the approved boundary protection scheme and restoration scheme

    P140, Sharpham Crossing, Sharpham, GLASTONBURY, Somerset, BA16 9SF

    Received Not published
  12. Application Approved1/08/03/035

    ERECTION OF SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO ENLARGE TWO CLASSROOMS WITH ASSOCIATED PAVING

    ST MARY'S PRIMARY SCHOOL, Oakfield Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7LX

    Received Not published
  13. Temporary Permission Expired103886/003

    S.96 APPLICATION FOR DETERMINATION OF CONDITIONS ON PERMISSIONS No. 103886/001 DATED 24.06.83 AND 103886/002 DATED 15.05.84 FOR THE EXTRACTION OF PEAT

    P.99 (pt), Wilderness Drove, Sharpham, Somerset

    Received Not published
  14. Application Approved1/53/01/013

    ERECTION OF 2M HIGH DARK GREEN SECURITY FENCE AND GATES

    Westonzoyland Primary School, Cheer Lane, Westonzoyland, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA7 0EY

    Received Not published
  15. Application Approved11/00493/CPO/cond.4

    Alternative access and retention of peripheral vegetation to assist screening of a proposed Blue Lias extraction site being the subject of application no 10/03199/CPO - details to satisfy condition 4 (Access Track)

    Land forming part of Westfield Farm, Keinton Mandeville, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6DQ

    Received Not published
  16. Application Approved4/38/03/320

    LINKING CORRIDOR, EXTENSIONS AND GABLE EXTENSIONS TO JOIN TWO BUNGALOWS AS ONE SUPERVISED UNIT

    Meadow View Bungalow, Six Acre Close, Roman Road, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 2BD

    Received Not published
  17. Application Validated04/02461/R3C

    EXTENSION OF HARD PLAY AREA

    Lovington C of E VC Primary School, Lovington, Somerset, BA7 7PX

    Received Not published
  18. Application Approved03/02862/R3C

    CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE BEDROOM EXTENSION AND ASSOCIATED INTERNAL REMODELLING, INCLUDING MINOR EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING BATH AND SHOWER ROOM, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRICK WALL AND GATE ACCESS WITH ASSOCIATED HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING

    Selwyn Wing, 52, Southway Drive, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3ED

    Received Not published
  19. Application Approved4/38/13/0087/cond.7

    Change in car park layout and relocation of access from Priory Park to Priory Avenue to serve existing retail park - details to satisfy condition 7 (Contractors Construction Environmental Management Plan)

    Priory Fields Retail Park, Priory Fields, Taunton, TA1 1QS

    Received Not published
  20. Application Validated2012/1227

    Section 73 application to vary Condition 9 of Permission 106720/008 (Construction of Earth Bunds and Use of Land as an Extension of an Existing Hardcore Crushing and Recycling Facility) to increase the height of Stockpiles

    RM Penny WTS, Wells Road, Emborough, RADSTOCK, Somerset, BA3 4SD

    Received Not published
  21. Screening/Scoping Opinion Decision Issued002138/001/cond.56

    Approval of scheme of conditions in respect of land at Westhay Moor, Westhay Heath, Canada Farm, Shapwick Heath, Meare Heath, Walton Heath, Street Heath and Ham Wall - details to satisfy cond. 56

    P.67 (pt) south of Wilderness Drove, Walton Heath, Sharpham, Street, Somerset

    Received Not published
  22. Application Approved1/13/07/051

    ERECTION OF A 6-BAY UNIT FOR USE AS PRE-SCHOOL AND EXTENDED SCHOOL USE

    Cannington C of E Primary School, Brook Street, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2HP

    Received Not published
  23. Application Approved1/12/16/026

    Erection of a Vent Stack

    Love Lane Vent Stack, Brent Knoll Flood Alleviation Scheme, Love Lane, BURNHAM ON SEA, Somerset

    Received Not published
  24. Application Approved1/44/08/007

    Extension of existing classroom to create additional teaching space and construction of a canopy over a recessed area to the west of the main building

    Shipham Primary School, Turnpike Road, Shipham, Winscombe, Somerset, BS25 1TX

    Received Not published

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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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