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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Yonder Hill, Station Road, Chard Junction, Chard, TA20 4QR
Received Not publishedCastle Hill Quarry, Chads Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedP.265, White's Drove, Godney, WELLS, BA5 1PT
Received Not publishedWhiscombe Hill Landfill Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HY
Received Not publishedLand at Walton Heath, Ashcott
Received Not publishedSt Lawrence C of E V C Primary School, School Hill, Westbury Sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1HL
Received Not publishedO.S. Plot 0023 Sheet Nos. ST4639 & ST4739, Sharpham Crossing, Sharpham, Street, BA16 9SF
Received Not publishedStawley Primary School, Ashbrittle Road, Stawley, TA21 0HH
Received Not publishedYPH Waste Management Ltd, Artillery Road, Lufton Trading Estate, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8RP
Received Not publishedIlchester Primary School, Illustrious Crescent, Ilchester, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA22 8JX
Received Not publishedP.265, White's Drove, Godney, WELLS, BA5 1PT
Received Not publishedPawlett Primary School, Gaunts Road, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RX
Received Not publishedThe Playing Fields, Land off Crewkerne Road and The Drift, Chard, TA20 4DL.
Received Not publishedLand at, Walton Heath, and, Ashcott Heath, Somerset
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedBuckler's Mead School, 1, St Johns Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NH
Received Not publishedBroadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ
Received Not publishedPriory Fields Retail Park, Priory Fields, Taunton, TA1 1QS
Received Not publishedWiveliscombe Primary School, North Street, Wiveliscombe, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 2LA
Received Not publishedSt George's Primary School, Brantwood Road, Wembdon, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 7PS
Received Not publishedFrome Community College, Bath Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HQ
Received Not publishedHorsington Church of England Primary School, Lower Road, South Cheriton, Templecombe, Somerset, BA8 0BW
Received Not publishedWhiscombe Hill Landfill Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HY
Received Not publishedPriory Fields Retail Park, Priory Fields, Taunton, TA1 1QS
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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