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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Dunstan's Community School, Wells Road, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9BY
Received Not publishedLand at Showground Road Showground Road Bridgwater TA6 6AJ
Received Not publishedGoldenhaye Field, Cricket St Thomas Estate, Cricket St Thomas, Chard, Somerset
Received Not publishedO.S. Plot 0023 Sheet Nos. ST4639 & ST4739, Sharpham Crossing, Sharpham, Street, BA16 9SF
Received Not publishedFulwood Farm, Blagdon Hill Road, Trull, TAUNTON, TA3 7PE
Received Not publishedGlastonbury Skip Hire, The Mound, Glastonbury, BA6 9QA
Received Not publishedBetween CASTLE STREET and, WOOD STREET, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, TA1 4AU
Received Not publishedChilthorne Domer C of E VC Primary School, Main Street, Chilthorne Domer, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8RD
Received Not publishedParkfield County Primary School Parkfield Road Taunton TA1 4RT
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry, Shipham Hill, Shipham, CHEDDAR, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedEastover Park, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedArchbishop Cranmer Community Primary School, Cranmer Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1UX
Received Not publishedSpaxton Road, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry, Shipham Road, Cheddar, BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedWessex Water Plc Ham Sewage Treatment Works Ham Creech St. Michael Taunton TA3 5NU
Received Not publishedHuish Primary School, Carisbrooke Gardens, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA20 1AY
Received Not publishedHuish Episcopi Primary School, North Street, LANGPORT, TA10 9RW
Received Not publishedOlive Tree Nursery, Westonzoyland Road, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 5HT
Received Not publishedNorth Petherton Primary School, School Fields, North Petherton, Bridgwater, TA6 6LU
Received Not publishedLand at former Westonzoyland Airifled, Main Road, Westonzoyland, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0JS
Received Not publishedTout Quarry Charlton Adam Somerton TA11 7AN
Received Not publishedHayesdown First School, Wylville Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2BN
Received Not publishedBarwick & Stoford Primary School, Mill Lane, Barwick, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9TH
Received Not publishedBerkley First School, Berkley, Frome, 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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