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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Westonzoyland Primary School, Cheer Lane, Westonzoyland, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA7 0EY
Received Not publishedPriory Bridge Road Car Park & 84-94 Priory Bridge Road, Taunton Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR), Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedHemington Primary School, Hemington, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5XU
Received Not publishedLime Kiln Quarry Frome Road To Park Hill Mells Frome Somerset BA11 3PH
Received Not publishedLand crossing over "The Swill", Doniford, Watchet, TA23 0TQ
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedSmokey Farm, Staplegrove, TAUNTON, TA2 6SL
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedDownend Terrace, Downend, Puriton, Bridgwater
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Oak's Drove, Westhay Moor, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedO.S. Plot 0023 Sheet Nos. ST4639 & ST4739, Sharpham Crossing, Sharpham, Street, BA16 9SF
Received Not publishedMendip Centre, Beckery New Road, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9NS
Received Not publishedWellington Library, 16, Fore Street, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8AQ
Received Not publishedLand to the north of Torr Works East Cranmore Shepton Mallet BA4 4RA
Received Not publishedBirchfield Community Primary School, Birchfield Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5RL
Received Not publishedMilford Infants School Glenthorne Avenue Yeovil BA21 4PG
Received Not publishedBrains Farm Moor Lane Wincanton BA9 9RA
Received Not publishedTemplecombe Water Recycling Centre, Temple Lane, Templecombe, South Somerset, nearest postcode BA8 0HR.
Received Not publishedLand between Showground Road/Marsh Lane and, Parrett Way, Colley Lane Industrial Estate, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand South of Westhay Moor Drove (P.61), Westhay Moor, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedIMPENS FARM, NORTH NEWTON, BRIDGWATER, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedWest Huntspill Sewage Treatment Works, West Huntspill, Highbridge, TA9 3DS
Received Not publishedLand at Blake Gardens, St Saviour's Avenue, Bridgwater, TA6 3NZ
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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