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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Priorswood Household Waste Recycling Centre, Venture Way, Crown Industrial Estate, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA2 8QY
Received Not publishedLand off Nerrols Drive Taunton TA2 8QE
Received Not publishedEvercreech Sewage Treatment Works, Western Town, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6YD
Received Not publishedWalpole Landfill Site, Puriton Road, Pawlett, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA9 3NL
Received Not publishedP49 land off Northload (Oaks) Drove, Oaks Drove, Meare, Glastonbury
Received Not publishedHeathfield Community School, School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8PD
Received Not publishedBack River Drove and Sharpham Drove, Cradlebridge, Sharpham, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedThe former St Augustine School Site, Lyngford Road, Taunton, TA2 7EF
Received Not publishedAshen Cross Quarry, Catsgore Road, SOMERTON, TA11 7JW
Received Not publishedSelworthy School, Selworthy Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8HD
Received Not publishedBeech Grove Primary School, Courtland Road, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8NE
Received Not publishedKingsmoor Primary School, Church Road, Bawdrip, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8PY
Received Not publishedParish Car Park, The Hill, Huish Episcopi, Langport, Somerset
Received Not publishedRode First VC School, High Street, Rode, Frome, Somerset, BA11 6NZ
Received Not publishedMilborne Port County Primary School, Glovers Close, Milborne Port, Somerset, DT9 5EP
Received Not publishedSomerton Infant School Etsome Terrace Somerton TA11 6LY
Received Not publishedLand forming part of Westfield Farm, Keinton Mandeville, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6DQ
Received Not publishedNorton Fitzwarren C of E Community School, Blackdown View, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 6TB
Received Not published7, Coronation Road, Highbridge, Somerset
Received Not publishedEvercreech Junction Industrial Area, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6LX
Received Not publishedDimmer Waste Disposal Site, Dimmer Lane, Somerset
Received Not publishedKingston St Mary Primary School, Kingston St Mary, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8JH
Received Not publishedMilverton Primary School, Burn Hill, Milverton, Somerset, TA4 1JP
Received Not publishedWestern Cycle Route, Long Run Meadow, Taunton, Somerset
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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