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Somerset Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
4,569Searchable applications
211Recorded as pending
98%Approval rate · 3,378 approved or refused records
66Refused applications

3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas178 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection

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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.

More application records

  1. Application Approved17/00756/CPO

    Proposed new drainage system to existing commercial properties

    Yonder Hill, Station Road, Chard Junction, Chard, TA20 4QR

    Received Not published
  2. Application Approved1/13/08/028/COND.30

    DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 30 (PROTECTION OF SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT)

    Castle Hill Quarry, Chads Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF

    Received Not published
  3. Application Approved2013/2045/cond.8

    Section 73 application for the variation of Condition No 1 attached to the Approval of Scheme of Conditions Planning Certificate 2013/0324 dated 30 July 2013 to extent the period of peat extraction from 31 December 2016, until 31 December 2020 - details to satisfy condition 8 (Retention of Ditch Drainage System)

    P.265, White's Drove, Godney, WELLS, BA5 1PT

    Received Not published
  4. Application Approved02/02299/CPO

    S73 APPLICATION TO CHANGE CONDITION 8 ON PLANNING PERMISSION 97/00239/CPO DATED 11.05.98 TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEPOSIT OF ASBESTOS WASTES

    Whiscombe Hill Landfill Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HY

    Received Not published
  5. Application Closed100704/001/nma

    Application for a non-material ammendment of restoration scheme for ROMP permission no: 100704/001 (P147, P198, P187 and P178)

    Land at Walton Heath, Ashcott

    Received Not published
  6. Temporary Permission Expired036472/014

    RETENTION OF TEMPORARY CLASSROOM UNIT E614

    St Lawrence C of E V C Primary School, School Hill, Westbury Sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1HL

    Received Not published
  7. Application Closed2014/0245/Cond18/1

    Submission of Schemes to Discharge Condition 18 - Stability; Pump Drainage ref: 2014/0245 29th October 2014

    O.S. Plot 0023 Sheet Nos. ST4639 & ST4739, Sharpham Crossing, Sharpham, Street, BA16 9SF

    Received Not published
  8. Application Approved4/35/15/0010/Cond.4

    Article 27 submission of a scheme for monitoring odour and recording and resolving any complaints pursuant to Condion 4 of Planning Permission 4/35/15/0010 dated 16 July 2015, for the installation of a new modular unit to house a servery kitchen and dining hall, and the erection of a canopy link

    Stawley Primary School, Ashbrittle Road, Stawley, TA21 0HH

    Received Not published
  9. Application Closed07/01199/CPO

    APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITION 2 OF 98/02545/CPO TO ALLOW ALTERATION OF SITE LAYOUT AND INSTALLATION OF TROMMEL SCREEN

    YPH Waste Management Ltd, Artillery Road, Lufton Trading Estate, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8RP

    Received Not published
  10. Temporary Permission Expired05/02287/R3C

    RETENTION OF TEMPORARY CLASSROOM E.543

    Ilchester Primary School, Illustrious Crescent, Ilchester, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA22 8JX

    Received Not published
  11. Application Approved2013/2045/Cond18

    Section 73 application for the variation of Condition No 1 attached to the Approval of Scheme of Conditions Planning Certificate 2013/0324 dated 30 July 2013 to extent the period of peat extraction from 31 December 2016, until 31 December 2020

    P.265, White's Drove, Godney, WELLS, BA5 1PT

    Received Not published
  12. Temporary Permission Expired1/41/08/005

    RENEWAL OF PLANNING PERMISSION FOR TEMPORARY UNIT (E080)

    Pawlett Primary School, Gaunts Road, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RX

    Received Not published
  13. Application ApprovedSCC/4055/2023

    Engineering operations to replace floodlighting heads and levelling of Chard RFC rugby pitches

    The Playing Fields, Land off Crewkerne Road and The Drift, Chard, TA20 4DL.

    Received Not published
  14. Application Approved059771/003

    S.73 APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITION 17 OF PERMISSION NO. 059771/002, 1/01/99/002 DATED 7 JULY 2000 FOR BOUNDARY PROTECTION MEASURES AGAINST THE SOUTH DRAIN WATERCOURSE AND THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF OS PLOT 2245 (ON O.S. SHEET ST 4539 (1970 ED) ON

    Land at, Walton Heath, and, Ashcott Heath, Somerset

    Received Not published
  15. Application Approved1/08/07/088

    REPLACEMENT OF LIFE-EXPIRED TEMPORARY CLASSROOM UNIT WITH NEW 5-BAY DOUBLE CLASSROOM UNIT

    Chilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA

    Received Not published
  16. Temporary Permission Expired09/03963/R3C

    ERECTION OF A NEW CLASSROOM UNIT TO HOUSE EXISTING ON-SITE PRE-SCHOOL ON LAND

    Buckler's Mead School, 1, St Johns Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NH

    Received Not published
  17. Application Approved2009/0620/cond.20

    RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF USE FROM QUARRY TO A RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND TEST CENTRE FOR EXPLOSIVES. THE CHANGE OF USE RETAINS THE QUARRY OFFICES AND OUTBUILDINGS AND INVOLVES ALTERATIONS TO THE ENTRANCE, CAR PARKING, LANDSCAPING AND THE ERECTION OF A NEW STORE, TWO CONTAINERS AND FLAGPOLES FOR BLAST WARNINGS. - Details to satisfy condition 20 - Noise Nuisance Control Scheme

    Broadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ

    Received Not published
  18. Application Approved4/38/13/0087/COND.8

    Change in car park layout and relocation of access from Priory Park to Priory Avenue to serve existing retail park - details to satisfy condition 8 Contamination remediation Strategy

    Priory Fields Retail Park, Priory Fields, Taunton, TA1 1QS

    Received Not published
  19. Application Approved4/49/02/056

    SITING OF TWO TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS AND TEMPORARY BREACHING OF EXISTING BOUNDARY WALL, IN TWO PLACES, FOR PUPIL AND CONTRACTOR ACCESS

    Wiveliscombe Primary School, North Street, Wiveliscombe, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 2LA

    Received Not published
  20. Temporary Permission Expired1/51/09/004

    EXTENSION TO EXISTING CLASSROOMS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TEACHING SPACE AND A LIBRARY AREA

    St George's Primary School, Brantwood Road, Wembdon, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 7PS

    Received Not published
  21. Application Approved2015/2918/CNT

    The erection of a 50 foot tree sculpture and associated engineering works

    Frome Community College, Bath Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HQ

    Received Not published
  22. Application Approved02/00599/R3C

    ERECTION OF A PERGOLA OVER EXISTING COURTYARD, ERECTION OF A 1200MM HIGH PALISADE FENCE TO PROTECT THE POND/ENVIRONMENTAL AREA (RETROSPECTIVE) & EXTENSION TO PLAYGROUND

    Horsington Church of England Primary School, Lower Road, South Cheriton, Templecombe, Somerset, BA8 0BW

    Received Not published
  23. Out to Consultation/ Decision Pending07/02486/CPO/cond.20

    SECTION 73 APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITION 8 OF PLANNING PERMISSION 06/02454/CPO TO CHANGE A FENCE TO A SOIL BUND IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER - details to satisfy condition 20 (Landscaping)

    Whiscombe Hill Landfill Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HY

    Received Not published
  24. Application Validated4/38/13/0087/COND.6

    Change in car park layout and relocation of access from Priory Park to Priory Avenue to serve existing retail park - details to satisfy condition 6 Surface water drainage scheme

    Priory Fields Retail Park, Priory Fields, Taunton, TA1 1QS

    Received Not published

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What these statistics cover

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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