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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beechfield Infants School, Burnham Road, Highbridge, TA9 3JF
Received Not publishedNether Stowey Sewage Treatment Works, Fiddington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1JE
Received Not publishedWellington Waste Skips, Higher Poole, Poole, WELLINGTON, TA21 9HW
Received Not publishedEvercreech Junction, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand at Lufton, Lufton, BRYMPTON, Yeovil, BA22 8SX
Received Not publishedMuchelney Access Project, Law Lane, Muchelney, LANGPORT, Somerset
Received Not publishedBaltonsborough Primary School, Ham Street, Baltonsborough, GLASTONBURY, Somerset, BA6 8PX
Received Not publishedLand off Nerrols Drive Taunton TA2 8QE
Received Not publishedSelworthy School, Selworthy Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8HD
Received Not publishedNether Stowey C of E VC Primary School, Mill Close, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1NX
Received Not publishedBarrington Court, Eastfield Lane, Barrington, ILMINSTER, Somerset, TA19 0NQ
Received Not publishedAbbas & Templecombe Primary School, School Lane, Templecombe, BA8 0HP
Received Not publishedM5 J25 to A358/Ruishton Lane Junction.
Received Not publishedLand at Former Langdon Depot, Walford Cross, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8QP
Received Not publishedLand at Higher Woodbrook Farm, Lowton, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 7ST
Received Not publishedPlot 8b, Phase II, Houndstone Business Park, Mead Avenue, Houndstone, Yeovil, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand (P61, P163 & P177) adjoining, Westhay Moor Drove, Godney, Wells, BA5 1RX
Received Not publishedThe Charterhouse Centre, Charterhouse-on-Mendip, Blagdon, Somerset, BS40 7XR
Received Not publishedSt Peters First School, Doniford Road, Williton, TA4 4SF
Received Not publishedRobert Blake Science College & Elmwood School, Hamp Avenue, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 6AW
Received Not publishedCannington Cold Stores, Swang Farm, Cannington, TA5 2NJ
Received Not publishedStoberry Park School North Road Wells Somerset BA5 2TJ
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedMilborne Port County Primary School North Street Milborne Port Sherborne DT9 5EP
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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