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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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.

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 Approved15/02695/R3C/Cond 3

    Article 27 submission for an Environmental Compensation Scheme persuant to Condition 3 of permission 15/02695/R3C dated: 22 July 2015 for the Installation of a modular unit to house a school servery kitchen and dining hall and formation of access and parking from Evergreen Path

    Merriott First School, Church Street, Merriott, Somerset, TA16 5PT

    Received Not published
  2. Application Withdrawn08/04160/R3C

    CREATION OF A NEW ENTRANCE RAMP, EXTENSION TO MAIN SCHOOL ENTRANCE AND CREATION OF A NEW EXTERNAL DOOR

    Merriott First School, Church Street, Merriott, Somerset, TA16 5PT

    Received Not published
  3. Application Approved107705/002/cond.9

    Excavation of peat from land - details to satisfy condition 9 (Archaeological Monitoring)

    P79, Oaks Drove, Westhay Moor, MEARE, Somerset

    Received Not published
  4. Application Approved3/39/04/045

    REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING MULTI USE GAMES AREA; COMPRISING RESURFACING, NEW FENCING AND FLOODLIGHTING

    Danesfield C of E Community School, North Road, Williton, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 4SW

    Received Not published
  5. Temporary Permission Expired08/02434/R3C

    INSTALLATION OF NEW 3 BAY ELLIOTT PRE-SCHOOL AND EXTENDED SCHOOLS CLASSROOM PLUS REMOVAL OF 3 LIFE EXPIRED TEMPORARY BUILDINGS

    Maiden Beech Middle School, Lyme Road, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8GH

    Received Not published
  6. Application Approved4/38/11/0248/cond.12

    Construction of 609m length of Segregated Cycleway / Footway from Somerset College and Castle School to Steps Water (Tesco) including New Lighting, Fencing, Landscaping and Ancillary Works - details to satisfy condition 12

    Western Cycle Route, Long Run Meadow, Taunton, Somerset

    Received Not published
  7. Application Approved2009/0660/cond.8

    CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY BUILDING FOR USE AS A SIXTH FORM, PLUS ANCILLARY WORKS - DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 8 (LIGHTING)

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

    Received Not published
  8. Application Closed4/22/12/0006

    Replace all the existing windows to the main block (mixture of steel crittal and timber) with new slimline (37mm) double glazed metal powder coated windows.

    Lydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School, Lydeard St. Lawrence, TA4 3SF

    Received Not published
  9. Application Approved11/04467/CPO

    Extension of an existing barn over an existing hard standing which falls within a mineral permission

    Badgers Sett Farm, Badgers Cross, Somerton, Somerset

    Received Not published
  10. Out to Consultation/ Decision PendingPA/PL/2337/13

    Prior notification of the removal of material from mineral-working deposit under permitted development rights within part 23 B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995

    Moons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Radstock, BA3 5JU

    Received Not published
  11. Application Approved4/05/01/038

    RETROSPECTIVE RETENTION OF A TEMPORARY CLASSROOM UNIT

    Bishop's Hull Primary School, Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5EA

    Received Not published
  12. Application Approved1/11/04/180

    PROPOSED CAR PARK EXTENSION

    King Alfred Secondary School, Burnham Road, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset, TA9 3EE

    Received Not published
  13. Application Closed4/19/06/017

    RETENTION OF TEMPORARY CLASSROOM E567

    Hatch Beauchamp Primary School, Station Road, Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset, TA3 6SQ

    Received Not published
  14. Application Validated3/18/04/004

    RETROSPECTIVE PLANNING APPLICATION FOR THE RETENTION OF A GATE AND ACCESS

    Folly House Field, Kilve Court, Kilve

    Received Not published
  15. Out to Consultation/ Decision Pending14/01605/Cond.24

    Article 27 submission of an Ecological Management Plan (including details of species and mitigation proposals) pursuant to Condition 24 (i) & (ii) of Planning Permission 14/01605/CPO dated 07/11/2014, for the continued operation of the waste management site

    Whiscombe Hill Waste Management Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HZ

    Received Not published
  16. Application Approved111647/004/cond.17

    UNDERGROUND PIPELINE FROM MARYLAND FACTORY, DITCHEAT TO ANAEROBIC DIGESTION FACILITY TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT EXISTING EFFLUENT TREATMENT SITE - details to satisfy condition 17 (Landscape Plan)

    Bolter's Lane, Ditcheat, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA7 7PF

    Received Not published
  17. Application Approved01/01128/R3C

    PROVISION OF TEMPORARY BUILDINGS, PARKING AND MATERIAL STORAGE BAYS AND FORMATION OF NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS

    Somerset County Council, South Somerset Area Highways Offices, Mead Avenue, Houndstone Business Park, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA22 8RT

    Received Not published
  18. Application Approved4/06/09/0033/cond.6

    ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY PERMANENT CHILDRENS CENTRE ADJACENT TO BISHOPS LYDEARD VILLAGE HALL - DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 6 (SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE)

    42, Mount Street, Bishops Lydeard, TAUNTON, TA4 3LH

    Received Not published
  19. Application Approved2017/1022/CNT/Cond42

    Discharge of Condition 42 of 2017/1022/CNT (Commuting Bats) - Deepening of Halecombe Quarry by the extraction of limestone, replacement of existing asphalt plant with a new asphalt plant and associated facilities, retention of the concrete batching plant and the reopening of the access road to Rookery Farm with relinquishment of the existing permission and extension of end date for the entire quarry and all quarrying activities to 31 December 2044 with restoration to be completed by December 2046

    Halecombe Quarry Leigh on Mendip Frome Somerset BA11 3RD

    Received Not published
  20. Temporary Permission Expired4/24/05/016

    SITING OF 3 BAY TEMPORARY CLASSROOM

    North Curry Primary School, Greenway, North Curry, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 6NQ

    Received Not published
  21. Temporary Permission Expired07/05249/R3C

    RENEWAL OF PERMISSION FOR TEMPORARY BUILDING (E379) USED AS A NURSERY

    Stanchester Community School, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6UG

    Received Not published
  22. Application De-Registered - No Further Action Required4/44/10/0006

    S.73 APPLICATION TO VARY CONDITION 1 OF PLANNING CONSENT 4/44/99/008 TO ALLOW OPERATIONS TO CONTINUE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 YEAR PERIOD

    Whiteball Quarry, Whiteball, Sampford Arundel, WELLINGTON, Somerset, TA21 0LY

    Received Not published
  23. Application Approved4/38/03/459

    EXTENSION TO EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING TO PROVIDE EXTRA CLASSROOM/NURSERY AND A FAMILY LIAISON ROOM

    Halcon Community Centre and Primary School, Outer Circle, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2BU

    Received Not published
  24. Application Approved2010/2327

    Construction of a Three-Sided Building to house a Baling Machine for the Baling of Plastic, Cardboard and Cans, plus Ancillary Walling for Loose Material and Drainage Works

    May Gurney Ltd., Evercreech Junction, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6NA

    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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