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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Unit 1, Mart Road, MINEHEAD, Somerset, TA24 5BJ
Received Not publishedDoulting Stone Quarry, Chelynch Road, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4PZ
Received Not publishedWELLINGTON WASTE SKIPS, HIGHER POOLE, POOLE, WELLINGTON, TA219HW
Received Not publishedRoughmoor Trading, Estate, WILLITON, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedLand at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedNorth Petherton Primary School, School Fields, North Petherton, Bridgwater, TA6 6LU
Received Not publishedGlastonbury Young People's Centre, Benedict Street, GLASTONBURY, Somerset, BA6 9EX
Received Not publishedOS Field Ref 8469 (pt), Horsey Lane, Horsey, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8QJ
Received Not publishedOaklands Primary School, Preston Grove, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2DU
Received Not publishedWhiscombe Hill Landfill Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6HY
Received Not publishedCoy Farm, Castle Hill Quarry, Chads Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedMiddlezoy Primary School, Church Road, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0NZ
Received Not publishedFrome Selwood Middle School, Berkley Road, FROME, BA11 2EF
Received Not publishedP222 Land at, Heathway Drove, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedOaklands Primary School, Preston Grove, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2DU
Received Not publishedThe former St Augustine School Site, Lyngford Road, Taunton, TA2 7EF
Received Not publishedMonument Quarry Ham Hill Stoke-sub Hambdon Somerset TA14 6RW
Received Not publishedLand west of Quarry Farm Nyland Drove Nyland Cheddar BS27 3UD
Received Not publishedSelworthy School, Selworthy Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8HD
Received Not publishedBirchfield Primary School Birchfield Road Yeovil BA21 5RL
Received Not publishedP222 Land at, Heathway Drove, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedThe Castle School, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
Received Not publishedBuckler's Mead School, 1, St Johns Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NH
Received Not publishedChrist Church C of E First School, Feltham Lane, FROME, Somerset, BA11 5AJ
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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