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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westbury Quarry, Westbury Sub Mendip, WELLS, Somerset
Received Not publishedKingsbury Episcopi Primary School, Stembridge, Martock, Somerset, TA12 6BP
Received Not publishedBatts Combe Quarry Cheddar Somerset
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedP260 Land off, Higher Ropes Drove, Catcott, Bridgwater, TA4 8NQ
Received Not publishedHuish Episcopi Secondary School, Wincanton Road, Huish Episcopi, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9SS
Received Not publishedLand at Showground Road, Showground Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 6AJ
Received Not publishedCHARLTONS PRESCHOOL, BONFIRE LANE, CHARLTON MACKRELL, SOMERTON, SOMERSET, TA11 7BN
Received Not publishedMaiden Beech Middle School, Lyme Road, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8HG
Received Not publishedHillside Children Centre, Eastwick Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7HD
Received Not publishedP83 - Land at Westhay Heath, Meare
Received Not publishedRode First VC School, High Street, Rode, Frome, Somerset, BA11 6NZ
Received Not publishedHele Bridge, at ST187 248, Bradford on Tone, Somerset
Received Not published7, Coronation Road, Highbridge, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand (OS Plots 8254 pt, 9041 pt, 9427 pt & 0012 pt), South of Wills Road, Stockmoor, North Petherton, Bridgwater
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedRising Main between Cannington STW and Combwich STW, Cannington, BRIDGWATER, Someret, TA5 2JY
Received Not publishedThe Rollercoaster, Sydenham Young People's Centre, Parkway, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6
Received Not publishedSt Dunstan's Community School, Wells Road, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9BY
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C Power Station, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedBirchfield Community Primary School, Birchfield Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5RL
Received Not publishedLand at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedTowens of Weston Ltd Springway Business Park Springway Lane Bridgwater Westonzoyland TA7 0JS
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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