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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 WithdrawnSCC/3976/2022

    x 4 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.

    Canal Way Roundabout East T9313/40 - South Somerset

    Received Not published
  2. Application Approved4/08/18/0004/Cond19

    Discharge of Condition 19: requires samples and details of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the building to be approved.

    Land off Nerrols Drive Taunton TA2 8QE

    Received Not published
  3. Application Approved067753/007

    REPLACEMENT OF TEMPORARY CLASSROOM WITH NEW MODULAR CLASSROOM UNIT

    West Pennard C of E Primary School, CHURCH LANE, WEST PENNARD, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, BA6 8NT

    Received Not published
  4. Application Approved01/01381/R3C

    ERECTION OF A GAZEBO AND ASSOCIATED PLAY AREA

    South Petherton Junior School, Hayes End, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5DY

    Received Not published
  5. Application Approved3/21/10/026/cond. 4

    DEMOLITION OF THE TIMBER FRAMED CLASSROOM BUILDING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO THE EXISTING ROD DOVER BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE 3 NO CLASSROOMS, A MUSIC ROOM, CHILDREN'S RECEPTION AND ANCILLARY ROOMS, INCLUDING THE FORMATION OF ASSOCIATED FOOTPATHS AND THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW GATED EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS - DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 4 (ACCESS)

    Minehead Middle School, Ponsford Road, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5RH

    Received Not published
  6. Application ApprovedSCC/4081/2023

    Section 73 Planning Application to vary Planning Conditions 2, 8, 49, 50 and 51 of Planning Permission ref: M25/1/76 dated 9th December 2003 to amend the working plans, restoration requirements and end dates to facilitate the Extension of Stoke Quarry

    Moons Hill Quarry Complex Stoke St Michael Radstock Somerset BA3 5JU

    Received Not published
  7. Application Approved02/02094/R3C

    INSTALLATION OF PORTABLE CABIN FOR USE AS SITE OFFICE

    Crewkerne Community Recycling Site, Crewkerne Industrial Estate, Blacknell Lane, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7HE

    Received Not published
  8. Application Approved2013/2045/cond.13

    Section 73 application for the variation of Condition No 1 attached to the Approval of Scheme of Conditions Planning Certificate 2013/0324 dated 30 July 2013 to extent the period of peat extraction from 31 December 2016, until 31 December 2020 - details to satisfy condition 13 (Dust)

    P.265, White's Drove, Godney, WELLS, BA5 1PT

    Received Not published
  9. Application Approved1/17/16/083/COND27

    Discharge of Condition 27 of 1/17/16/083 (Landscape and Ecological Mitigation Plan (LEMP)) - 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
  10. Out to Consultation/ Decision Pending12/02491/CPO/cond.3

    Retention of Fill Material and Restoration of Field OS.4226 (pt) (part retrospective) - Details to Satisfy Condition 3 (Contamination Risk Assessment)

    Plot 4226 (pt) of OS Sheet ST5227 at Nut Hill, Sunnyside Farm, Kingsdon, SOMERTON, Somerset, TA11 7LJ

    Received Not published
  11. Application Approved8806

    Erection of factory for the manufacture of pre-cast concrete products, as described in the plans and drawings submitted

    Asham Wood, Downend, Chantry

    Received Not published
  12. Application Approved85301

    The extraction of peat from land at Higher Drove, Walton Heath, Walton

    Land at Higher Drove, Walton Heath, Walton, Somerset

    Received Not published
  13. Temporary Permission Expired089846/014

    EXTENSION TO EXISTING TEMPORARY CLASSROOM

    Christchurch C of E First School, Feltham Lane, FROME, Somerset, BA11 5AJ

    Received Not published
  14. Temporary Permission Expired08/02483/R3C

    APPLICATION FOR VARIATION OF CONDITION TO RETAIN TEMPORARY BUILDING UNIT E.581

    Redstart Primary School, Redstart Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1SD

    Received Not published
  15. Application ClosedSCC/3929/2022

    Application by NNB Generation Company (HPC) Limited (the Applicant) for an Order granting Development Consent for the Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station Material Change 1 (the Proposed Development)

    Hinkley Point C

    Received Not published
  16. Application ApprovedSCC/3809/2021/Cond23

    Discharge of Condition 23 Flooding and Drainage of original application SCC/3809/2021

    Chard Enterprise Centre Beeching Close Taunton TA20 1BB

    Received Not published
  17. Application Approved085446/005

    CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL BUILDING FOR THE SORTING OF PAPER, CARD AND CONTRARY MATERIALS FROM GREEN WASTE PRIOR TO COMPOSTING ON AN ADJACENT AUTHORISED SITE

    Green Ore Farm, Green Ore, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3EP

    Received Not published
  18. Application Approved06/04215/R3C

    SIX CLASSROOM EXTENSION, REMODELLING OF SCHOOL ENTRANCE AND INSTALLATION OF ROOF LIGHTS

    Preston C of E VC Primary School, The Toose, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3SN

    Received Not published
  19. Application Approved05/00132/R3C

    ERECTION OF SECURITY FENCING

    Castle Cary Primary School, Park Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7EH

    Received Not published
  20. Application Approved3/32/12/030

    Construction of a Building for the Storage of Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste Materials (Variation of Building Design Approved by Planning Permission No. 3/32/04/009, dated 10.08.2004)

    Hinkley Point A, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA

    Received Not published
  21. Application Approved1/33/09/033

    INSTALLATION OF A NEW DOOR AND WINDOW, PLUS NEW ACCESS RAMPS

    Mark C of E First School, The Causeway, Mark, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4QA

    Received Not published
  22. Application Approved4/43/07/001

    ALTERATION TO EXISTING ACCESS TO LINK TO FOOTPATH

    Beech Grove Primary School, Courtland Road, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8NE

    Received Not published
  23. Application Approved10/03199/CPO

    Extraction of Blue Lias building and walling stone

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

    Received Not published
  24. Temporary Permission Expired4/48/13/0053

    Installation of a temporary single storey Portakabin Limited modular building to be used as additional classroom accommodation

    West Monkton Primary School, School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PA

    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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