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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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. Permitted Development13/01692/R3C

    Section 192. Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use or Development for the erection of a single storey extension to form 42 square metres of ancillary teaching space

    Norton sub Hamdon Primary School, New Road, Norton sub Hamdon, TA14 6SF

    Received Not published
  2. Application Approved076574/004

    S.73 application for permission to develop land without compliance with conditions 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, & 10 of permission 076574/001 for continued extraction fo peat from land at Meare Heath

    P247 north and east areas, Meare Heath

    Received Not published
  3. Application Approved1/17/11/038

    Prior Approval for Demolition of Unit TC

    Cheddar Fairlands Middle School, Fairlands Way, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3NW

    Received Not published
  4. Screening/Scoping Opinion Decision IssuedSCC/4060/2023/SCR

    Request for an EIA Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 (1) of The Town and Country Planning EIA Regulations 2017, relating to the installation of proposed new wastewater treatment plant within an operational area of the existing Langport Water Recycling Centre (WRC).

    Langport Water Recycling Centre off Portland Lane Langport TA10 0PT

    Received Not published
  5. Application ApprovedSCC/3848/2021/Cond8

    Discharge of condition 8 relating to application SCC/3848/2021 for: 'The proposal includes upgrades to the building elevations, internal layout changes and upgrade works to the roof including replacement of plant.'

    Somerset County Council County Hall, Block B The Crescent Taunton Taunton TA1 4DY

    Received Not published
  6. Application Withdrawn1/13/12/025

    Formation of a Compound and Construction of a Lagoon for the Storage and Distribution of Digestate (Pumped from Nearby Anaerobic Digestion Plant)

    OS Field No 3435 (pt) approximately 600m Southwest of, Beere Manor Farm, Cannington, Bridgwater

    Received Not published
  7. Application Approved1/13/08/011

    MINOR REVISIONS TO PLANNING APPLICATION PC/1/13/07/012 FOR NEW BOARDING ACCOMMODATION

    Brymore School, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2NB

    Received Not published
  8. Application WithdrawnSCC/3959/2022

    x 4 roundabout advertisement/sponsorship signs. The facia of each sign measures 500 x 1000 mm with a depth of 2mm, installed at a height of 260mm from the ground to the base of the sign. The sign will be mounted onto two galvanised tubular steel posts, height: 885mm (above ground 760mm, below ground 125mm) x 60mm diameter, fixing: two clips per post. The signs are made of road traffic grade recycled material composite. There will be only one advertiser per roundabout and each sign will be identical, displaying their company branding above a message reading "Somerset County Council supporting local businesses". Advertising on a roundabout is taken up on a minimum one-year contract and the message will remain constant during this time. All designs will be approved by Somerset County Council prior to going into production.

    Huntworth Interchange A38/730 North Petherton

    Received Not published
  9. Out to Consultation/ Decision Pending14/04247/CPO/cond36

    Discharge of Condition 36 (Restoration scheme) relating to Planning Application 14/04247/CPO

    Bowdens Quarry Bowdens Langport TA10 0DD

    Received Not published
  10. Application Withdrawn4/14/10/0001

    CONSTRUCTION OF NOISE ATTENUATION BUND AND ACCESS THERETO

    Land adjacent to M5 motorway to West of, Heathfield Farm, Creech Heathfield, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 5ER

    Received Not published
  11. Application Approved49424/A

    The excavation of peat from Land at Allotment Drove, Middle Drove and Wilderness Drove, Sharpham

    Land at Allotment Drove, Middle Drove and Wilderness Drove, Sharpham P118

    Received Not published
  12. Application ApprovedPL\2359\13

    Retention of Deposited Soil on OS Field nos 1308 (pt) and 1600 (pt) OS. sheet ST2018 - details to satisfy condition 3 (Method Statement)

    Land at Higher Woodbrook Farm, Lowton, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 7ST

    Received Not published
  13. Application Approved2013/0882

    Repair and minor internal and external alterations to the farmhouse; alteration and redevelopment of the cow sheds to form new galleries and a café; demolition and redevelopment of the 1970's reception and shop to provide new stairs, lift and toilets; and the demolition of the 1970's wagon shed and replacement with a new community learning space, store and toilets

    Somerset Rural Life Museum, Abbey Farm, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8DB

    Received Not published
  14. Application Withdrawn18/00869/CPO

    Section 73 application to vary Conditions 3,9,10,11, 14,16,19, 23 and 24 of planning permission 17/01476/CPO dated: 6 July 2017 for the Extension to Main Waste Sorting Shed and amended access

    YPH Saracen Business Park, Artillery Road, Brympton, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8RP

    Received Not published
  15. Temporary Permission Expired4/10/14/0012

    Renewal of Planning Permission 4/10/09/0007 to Retain an Existing Modular Classroom Building E.819 (TD)

    Churchstanton Primary School, Churchstanton, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 7RL

    Received Not published
  16. Application Approved4/32/01/002

    S.96 APPLICATION FOR DETERMINATION OF CONDITIONS ON PERMISSION NOS 24882 (03/09/54) & 83089/B (09/08/73) EXTRACTION OF SAND AND GRAVEL

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

    Received Not published
  17. Temporary Permission Expired4/38/05/377

    THE RENEWAL OF PERMISSION FOR ELLIOTT CLASSROOM E.497 (TL)

    The Castle School, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU

    Received Not published
  18. Application Refused16/05249/CPO

    Importation and deposition of construction, demolition and subsoil waste to re-contour land to improve the slope gradient of agricultural field

    Land at Maperton Ridge, Maperton Road, Maperton, Wincanton, BA9 8EH

    Received Not published
  19. Application Approved085653/025

    THREE CLASSROOM EXTENSION PLUS PROVISION OF HARD PLAY COURT

    Wells Central C of E Junior School, Keward Avenue, Wells, BA5 1TS

    Received Not published
  20. Application Approved2010/0448

    CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NEW BUILDINGS FOR CLASSROOMS, ACTIVITY ROOMS, LIBRARY AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES TO REPLACE 2 TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS

    Butleigh Primary School, High Street, Butleigh, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8SX

    Received Not published
  21. Application De-Registered - No Further Action Required107705/002/cond.13

    Excavation of peat from land - details to satisfy condition 13 (Drainage Scheme)

    P79, Oaks Drove, Westhay Moor, MEARE, Somerset

    Received Not published
  22. Out to Consultation/ Decision Pending17/02965/CPO/Cond8

    Submission of Article 27 scheme to satisfy the discharge of Comdition 8: Foul and surface Wayer Drainage of Retrospective application 17/02965/CPO dated - wood recycling and processing waste management site

    Longman Wood Recycling, Camp Road, Henstridge, Templecombe, BA8 0TN

    Received Not published
  23. Application Approved08/02595/R3C/COND.5

    CHANGE OF USE OF A COUNTY WILDLIFE SITE TO EDUCATIONAL USE - DETAILS TO SATISFY CONDITION 5 (FENCING)

    Ashlands C of E First School, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL

    Received Not published
  24. Application Approved1/08/12/155

    Variation of conditions 2, 13 and 14 of permission 1/08/10/059 to allow minor changes to elevations of main building, retention of former caretakers house and garages and extension to time to fulfil sports development requirements.

    Robert Blake Science College & Elmwood School, Hamp Avenue, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 6AW

    Received Not published

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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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