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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Approved4/38/18/0040/OB

    Hybrid application seeking A) Full permission for the erection of a secondary SEN school with all matters to be determined B) Outline permission for a primary SEN School with all matters reserved

    The former St Augustine School Site, Lyngford Road, Taunton, TA2 7EF

    Received Not published
  2. Application Approved02/01658/CPO

    PROPOSED PLACING OF CLAY AND TOPSOIL ON LAND FOR RESTORATION TO AGRICULTURAL USE

    Urgashay Farm, Bridgehampton, Yeovil, Somerset

    Received Not published
  3. Temporary Permission Expired4/49/06/044

    RETENTION OF UNIT TJ IN ITS CURRENT POSITION

    Kingsmead Secondary School, Hartswell, Wiveliscombe, TAUNTON, TA4 2NE

    Received Not published
  4. Temporary Permission Expired2009/1041

    S.73 application to vary condition one of planning permission 067030/007 to allow the retention of temporary building E447 for a further 5 years, on land at

    Butleigh Primary School, High Street, Butleigh, BA6 8SX

    Received Not published
  5. Temporary Permission Expired054227/021

    DEMOLITION OF CLASSROOM UNITS E.167 AND E.209; THE RELOCATION OF CLASSROOM UNITS E.528 AND E582; AND THE ERECTION OF CLASSROOM UNITS E.543 AND E.490

    Brookside County Primary School, Brooks Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PR

    Received Not published
  6. Application Approved4/46/09/0012

    ERECTION OF BLUE POWDER COATED METAL HOOP TOP FENCING AND GATES ALONG SOUTH WEST BOUNDARY TO REPLACE EXISTING CHAINLINK FENCING, ON LAND

    West Buckland Community Primary School, West Buckland, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9LD

    Received Not published
  7. Application Approved104717/020

    APPLICATION TO COVER AN AREA OF EXISTING BUILDING WASTE WITH A 1.2M DEPTH OF CLEAN CLAY ON WASTE LAND LOCATED NORTH OF

    Cloford Manor, Cloford, FROME, Somerset, BA11 4PH

    Received Not published
  8. Application Approved3/37/06/037

    REMOVAL OF EXISTING KIOSKS AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT KIOSK

    Werren Close Sewage Pumping Station, Werren Close, Watchet, Somerset, TA23 0BB

    Received Not published
  9. Temporary Permission Expired01/01237/CPO

    DELETION OF CONDITION 1 (TO ALLOW PERMANENT USE) & VARIATION OF CONDITION 10 (TO ALLOW THE CREMATION OF NON-BOVINE ANIMALS & ANIMAL PARTS & REMAINS) OF PLANNING PERMISSION NO. 97/00178 (DATED 15.07.98)

    Unit 1, Acorn Industrial Park, Dimmer, Somerset

    Received Not published
  10. Application Approved4/06/04/012

    CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE CLASSROOM EXTENSION

    Cotford St Luke Primary School, Bethell Mead, Cotford St Luke, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 1HZ

    Received Not published
  11. Application Closed07/01012/CPO

    SECTION 73 APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITION 2 OF PERMISSION 05/02125/CPO TO RETROSPECTIVELY AMEND FINAL RESTORATION LEVELS

    Crane Farm, Ashen Cross, Somerton, Somerset

    Received Not published
  12. Application Approved4/35/02/009

    RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY PLANNING PERMISSION NO: 4/35/00/003 (DATED 14 JUNE 2000) FOR THE TIPPING OF TOPSOIL, SUBSOIL AND BUILDER'S RUBBLE ON LAND

    Gamlins Farm, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset

    Received Not published
  13. Application Approved076574/006

    S73 application for permission to develop land without compliance with conditions 1 & 2 of permission 076574/003 dtd 06/02/98 to extend the duration of permission until 31/12/2023 & to remove the requirement to limit excavation within 6m of the sites boundaries on land at Meare Heath, Meare, Glastonbury.

    P247, Meare Heath, Meare, Glastonbury

    Received Not published
  14. Application ClosedSCC/3877/2021

    Details to satisfy Requirement 24 (1) - Scheme of marking The Project comprises the following elements: - Construction of a 57km 400kV electricity transmission connection between Bridgwater in Somerset and Seabank, near Avonmouth, comprising: Installation of a 400kV overhead line (OHL). Installation of 400kV underground cables. - Modifications to existing OHLs at Hinkley Point, Somerset. - Construction of three 400kV Cable Sealing End (CSE) compounds along the route of the connection. - Construction of a 400/132kV substation at Sandford, North Somerset. - Extension of the existing 400kV substation at Seabank. - The removal of existing 132kV OHLs and the construction of replacement 132kV OHLs and 132kV underground cables. - Extensions/modifications to existing 132kV substations at Churchill, Portishead, Avonmouth and Seabank. - Associated works, for example, temporary access roads, highway works temporary construction compounds, scaffolds, work sites and ancillary works.

    Hinkley Point C - Connection Project Hinkley Point Road Stogursey Bridgwater Somerset TA5 1YA

    Received Not published
  15. Application Closed2015/3039/CNT

    Section 96 application for the First Periodic Review of Mineral Permission 85485 dated:19/4/71, currently the subject of conditions reference 085485/006, dated: 3/11/06 on land at the junction of Rock's Drove, Sharpham, BA16 9SQ

    P100 - Land at Junction of Rock's Drove & Wilderness Drove, Sharpham, STREET, BA16 9SQ

    Received Not published
  16. Application Closed4/38/09/0214

    NEW PEDESTRIAN ACCESS PATH FROM SHUTTERN

    Shire Hall, Shuttern, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4EU

    Received Not published
  17. Application Approved2016/0665/CNT/Cond15

    Discharge of Condition 15: Landscape

    Moons Hill Quarry Long Cross Bottom Stoke St Michael Shepton Mallet BA3 5JU

    Received Not published
  18. Application Approved1/17/16/083/COND21

    Discharge of Condition 21 of 1/17/16/083 (Water Quality Monitoring) - Northern lateral extension to the existing quarry, consolidation and regularisation of existing operations and associated ancillary development

    Callow Rock Quarry, Shipham Road, Cheddar, BS27 3DQ

    Received Not published
  19. Application Approved3/39/02/010

    CHANGE OF USE, FORMATION OF COMPOUNDS, ERECTION OF STRUCTURES AND INSTALLATION OF PLANT FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY FROM LANDFILL GAS

    Williton Waste Disposal Site, Rydon Lane, WILLITON, Somerset

    Received Not published
  20. Application Approved101679/014/cond.19

    CONSTRUCTION OF A THERMAL WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY, ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDSCAPING - DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 19 (POLLUTION CONTROL)

    The Old Railway Yard, Haybridge, Wells, BA5 1AH

    Received Not published
  21. Application Approved17/01476/CPO

    Extension to Main Waste Sorting Shed and amended access

    YPH Saracen Business Park, Artillery Road, Brympton, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8RP

    Received Not published
  22. Application Approved3/21/16/014/Cond11

    Submission of Scheme to satisfy Condition 11 of original application 3/21/16/014 at Minehead and West Somerset Golf Course, The Warren, Minehead, TA24 5SJ. Condition 11 : Enhancement/Creation of Wildlife Habitat Before the commencement of the development hereby permitted a scheme to create a wetland habitat adjacent to site 5 shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the County Planning Authority. The scheme shall include details of: 1. the aims and objectives of the habitat creation scheme; 2. measures to be taken to create habitat including ground works (including management of any excavated material) and a planting scheme detailing size, number/density and type of species to be planted; 3. A 5 Year habitat management plan: 4. arrangements for the annual review of the effectiveness of the habitat creation in relation to the objectives stated in point 1 (above) 5. An implementation timetable, including arrangements for notifying the County Planning Authority.

    Minehead & West Somerset Golf Course, The Warren, MINEHEAD, Somerset, TA24 5SJ

    Received Not published
  23. Application Approved2009/1483/cond.5

    CONSTRUCTION OF A HALL STORE, ACCESS RAMP AND CANOPY ON THE SOUTHERN ELEVATION OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL HALL - DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 5 (LANDSCAPING)

    Ditcheat County Primary School, Ditcheat, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6RB

    Received Not published
  24. Application Approved11/02619/CPO/cond.7

    Extension of Bowden's Lane Quarry, the Establishment of a Processing Workshop and Hardstandings; A New Access off White Hill and Ancillary Development - details to satisfy condition 7 (Building Drainage)

    Bowden's Lane Quarry, Bowdens Lane, LANGPORT, Somerset

    Received Not published

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