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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
P12, Westhay Heath, Shapwick, Bridgwater
Received Not publishedHaygrove Secondary School, Durleigh Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7HW
Received Not publishedSomerset Bridge Community Primary School, Stockmoor Drive, North Petherton, TA6 6AH
Received Not publishedWest Huntspill Community Primary School, New Road, West Huntspill, Highbridge, TA9 3QE
Received Not publishedKingsdon C of E Primary School, Kingsdon, Somerton, TA11 7JX
Received Not publishedThe paper mill site The Old Railway Yard Haybridge Lane Wells Haybridge BA5 1AG
Received Not publishedBatts Combe Quarry, Cheddar, Somerset
Received Not publishedStation Quarry, CHARLTON MACKRELL, SOMERTON, SOMERSET, TA11 6AG
Received Not publishedAshlands Childrens Centre, North Street, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7AL
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedHardington Mandeville Water Recycling Centre Wimborough Lane Yeovil BA22 9PN
Received Not publishedWeare C of E First School, Sparrow Hill, Weare, Axbridge, Somerset, BS26 2JS
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to, Allotment Drove, Walton Heath, Street, Somerset
Received Not publishedWellington Waste Skips Site, The Old Brickworks, Higher Poole, WELLINGTON, Somerset, TA21 9HW
Received Not publishedSouthwood Waste Management, Southwood Common, Evercreech, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 6LX
Received Not publishedSt John's C of E Infants School, Archers Way, Nobbins Road, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9DR
Received Not publishedLand at Oak's Drove (P.255), Westhay Moor Drove, Westhay Moor, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedHillview Cottages, BROMPTON RALPH, Somerset
Received Not publishedSt Aldhelm's C of E Primary School, Chelynch Park, Doulting, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 4PL
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedSouthwood Waste Management Facility, Southwood Common, Evercreech, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 6LX
Received Not publishedLand at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedStoke St Gregory Primary School, Stoke St Gregory, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 6EG
Received Not publishedWhiteball Quarry, Whiteball, Wellington
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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