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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hindhayes County Infant School, Leigh Road, Street, BA16 0HB
Received Not publishedPodimore Recycling Facility, Podimore, Yeovil
Received Not publishedO.S. FIELDS REF. 9596 (pt), 8446 (PT) AND 5636 (PT), TO WEST OF FULLARDS FARM, FULWOOD, TAUNTON, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedWembdon St Georges C of E Primary School, Brantwood Road, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7PS
Received Not publishedHinkley Point A Hinkley Point Road Nr Bridgwater TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedLand at Comeytrowe, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedThe former St Augustine School Site, Lyngford Road, Taunton, TA2 7EF
Received Not publishedIlchester Junior School, Somerton Road, Ilchester, Yeovil, BA22 8JL
Received Not publishedLovington C of E VC Primary School, Lovington, Somerset, BA7 7PX
Received Not publishedOS Plot no. 9071 (Sheet ST3408), Crewkerne Road, Chaffcombe, CHARD, TA20 4BS
Received Not publishedSix Acres Day Centre, Ashbury Care Home, Roman Road, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 2BD
Received Not publishedDoulting Stone Quarry, Chelynch Road, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4PZ
Received Not publishedLand to the north of Torr Works East Cranmore Shepton Mallet BA4 4RA
Received Not publishedWalford Cross Depot Walford Cross Taunton TA2 8QP
Received Not publishedCrane Farm, Ashen Cross, Somerton, Somerset
Received Not publishedMidney Farm, SOMERTON, TA11 7HT
Received Not publishedGreenham Quarry, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0JU
Received Not publishedWalpole Landfill Site, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RS
Received Not publishedFrome Bypass Roundabout A361/1415 Berkley
Received Not publishedLabourham Drove, Cheddar and, Haybridge, Wells, Somerset
Received Not publishedThe Sawmills, Buckland Down, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2RH
Received Not publishedPipplepen Farm, Pipplepen Lane, South Perrott, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3HS
Received Not publishedSomerset County Council, South Somerset Area Highways Offices, Mead Avenue, Houndstone Business Park, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA22 8RT
Received Not publishedSomerton Primary School and Nursery, Etsome Road, Somerton, TA11 6JB
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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