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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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.

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 Withdrawn4/32/11/0004

    S.191 Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use or Development (CLEUD) in relation to mineral processing, processing plant and ancillary operations and development

    Whiteball Quarry, Whiteball, Sampford Arundel, WELLINGTON, Somerset, TA21 0LY

    Received Not published
  2. Screening/Scoping Opinion Decision Issued002138/018/cond.14

    Re-application for permission to Import Waste Materials to Raise the level of Industrial Yard - details to satisfy condition 14 (Surface Water Protection Scheme)

    Former Fisons Football Ground at Eclipse Works (P.41), ASHCOTT ROAD, MEARE, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, BA6 9SU

    Received Not published
  3. Application Approved1/08/03/303

    PROPOSED COVERED PLAY AREA AND DISABLED ACCESS RAMP (AMENDED SCHEME TO THAT PERMITTED BY PLANNING PERMISSION 1/08/03/176, DATED 14 AUGUST 2003)

    St Mary's Primary School, Oakfield Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7LX

    Received Not published
  4. Application Approved1/41/04/030/cond.12

    PROPOSED REVISION TO FINAL LANDFORM BY REDUCING THE BASAL 'FOOTPRINT' AREA AND RAISING THE FINAL RESTORATION LEVELS, INCLUDING ECOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS AT PAWLETT HAMS, OF CURRENT PERMITTED LANDFILL EXTENSION - DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 12 (SURFACE WATER STORAGE)

    Walpole Landfill Site, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RS

    Received Not published
  5. Application Approved940048

    Quarrying of Forest Marble stone (for building, paving and roofing uses) from land at Landshire Lane, Henstridge

    Stalbridge Quarry, Landshire Lane, HENSTRIDGE, Somerset

    Received Not published
  6. Application Approved07/01836/CPO

    ERECTION OF A LORRY WORKSHOP

    Podimore Recycling, Podimore, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8JQ

    Received Not published
  7. Application Approved1/17/01/067

    ERECTION OF ADDITIONAL CLASSROOM EXTENSION TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT (REF: 1/17/01/048 DATED 13.07.01) AND RELOCATION OF PLAYGROUND

    Cheddar First School, Hillfield, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3HN

    Received Not published
  8. Application Approved1/40/13/003

    Change of Use of Farm Slurry Tank to Store Digestate

    White Horse Farm, Over Stowey, BRIDGWATER, TA5 1HG

    Received Not published
  9. Application Approved10/00335/CPO/cond.6

    CHANGE OF USE OF LAND (AGRICULTURAL CONTRACTORS AND LOGGING YARD) FOR THE STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF INERT CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE - DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 6 (BUND & PLANTING)

    O.S. 2000 (pt), Colham Lane, Cricket St Thomas, Chard, Somerset

    Received Not published
  10. Application Approved05/02198/R3C

    PROPOSED NEW BRIDGE AND FOOTPATH/CYCLEWAY BETWEEN

    Summerlands Park Drive, and, Greendale, SOMERSET

    Received Not published
  11. Temporary Permission Expired11/03045/R3C

    S.73 application to vary Condition 1 of planning permission 06/02305/R3C (dated 4 July 2006) to retain unit E755 TC for a further 5 years

    Huish Episcopi Primary School, North Street, LANGPORT, TA10 9RW

    Received Not published
  12. Application Approved030955/014/COND.3

    DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 3 (LANDSCAPING)

    Shepton Mallet Infants School, Waterloo Road, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5HE

    Received Not published
  13. Application Approved4/38/03/368

    INSTALLATION OF MOTOR CONTROL CENTRE KIOSK IN ASSOCIATION WITH COMBINED SEWAGE OUTFALL WORKS

    Priory Storm Tank Site, Priory Way, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2AL

    Received Not published
  14. Temporary Permission Expired08/02468/R3C

    Replacement of existing Elliott with new 4 bay Elliott, and associated site works

    Curry Mallet C of E Primary School, Lower Street, Curry Mallet, Somerset, TA3 6TA

    Received Not published
  15. Application Approved16/01735/R3C/Cond3

    Article 27 submission of notification of commencement of development pursuant to Condition No. 3 of Planning Permission 16/01735/R3C dated 12-07-2016, for the Provision of a single storey 'One Form Entry' primary school to accommodate 210 statutory places with nursery to accommodate 30 places and associated works, including road, soft play and parking areas

    Land north of Cunningham Road & north-west of Drake Road, Wyndham Park, YEOVIL, BA21 5EY

    Received Not published
  16. Application Approved1/09/06/018

    CHANGE OF USE FROM PART TRANSPORT DEPOT TO A WASTE TRANSFER AND RECYCLING FACILITY

    Dunwear Depot, River Lane, Dunwear, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0AA

    Received Not published
  17. Application Approved4/44/90/010

    Tipping of subsoil and topsoil on land near Whiteball, Wellington and use of existing access thereto as amended by applicant's agent's letter dated 1 October 1991 with attached revised site layout plan only and letter dated 21 January 1993 with attached sectional plans showing the completed development

    Field parcel 8500, Near Whiteball, Wellington

    Received Not published
  18. Application Refused011493/013

    ERECTION OF AGRICULTURAL BARN TO PROVIDE GRAIN AND MACHINERY STORE

    Doulting Stone Quarry, Chelynch Road, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4PZ

    Received Not published
  19. Application Approved1/13/PD/cond.7

    Permitted development for a Concrete Plant - details to satisfy condition 7 (Dust Control)

    Castle Hill Quarry, Chads Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF

    Received Not published
  20. Application Withdrawn4/46/08/019

    WASTE SORTING AND TRANSFER STATION (REGULARISATION OF LAYOUT AND ACTIVITIES)

    Wellington Waste Skips Site, The Old Brickworks, Higher Poole, WELLINGTON, Somerset, TA21 9HW

    Received Not published
  21. Application Validated3/37/04/004

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION TO RETAIN COMMUNITY BUILDING FOR EDUCATIONAL CHILDCARE AND HEALTH RELATED SERVICES

    Knights Templar School, Liddymore Road, Watchet, Somerset

    Received Not published
  22. Application Approved030955/011

    DEMOLITION OF A TEMPORARY CONCRETE HALL AND NURSERY BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PURPOSE BUILT HALL AND NURSERY ACCOMMODATION - Conservation Area Consent

    Shepton Mallet Infants School, Waterloo Road, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5HE

    Received Not published
  23. Permitted Development2010/0984/cond.30

    Deepening of existing quarry by 112m to 3m AOD, and extension of time by 10 years until 2040, releasing approximately 115 million saleable tonnes of limestone and an increase in output of 2 million tonnes per annum to 8 million tonnes per annum - details to satisfy condition 30 (Carbon Footprint Reduction Strategy)

    Leighton Quarry, East Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4SQ

    Received Not published
  24. Screening/Scoping Opinion Decision Issued014418/001Cond.14

    Details to satisfy condition 14 - Drainage Scheme

    P83 land between South Drain & Vanity Rhyne, Westhay Heath, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9TT

    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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