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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hambridge Community Primary School, Hambridge, Langport, Somerset, TA10 0AZ
Received Not publishedWhiteball Landfill Site, Wellington, Somerset.
Received Not publishedOS Plot no. 9071 (Sheet ST3408), Crewkerne Road, Chaffcombe, CHARD, TA20 4BS
Received Not publishedHolyrood Community School, Zembard Lane, CHARD, Somerset, TA20 1JL
Received Not publishedSmoke Acre Farm, Marsh Lane, Yeovil Marsh, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3QA
Received Not publishedCopse Quarry, Landshire Lane, Henstridge
Received Not publishedGreenham Quarry, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0JU
Received Not publishedKeinton Mandeville Primary School, Chistles Lane, Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, TA11 6ES
Received Not publishedSt. Cuthberts Mill Ltd St. Cuthberts Paper Mill Haybridge Wells BA5 1AG
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedSDIC Phase 1 Site Land adjacent to Trenchard Way TA11PN
Received Not publishedYPH Saracen Business Park, Artillery Road, Brympton, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8RP
Received Not publishedP83 land between South Drain & Vanity Rhyne, Westhay Heath, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9TT
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedHigh Ham Primary School, High Ham, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9BY
Received Not publishedMilton Hill,, WELLS, Somerset
Received Not publishedWestover and Cocklemoor Banks, Langport, Somerset
Received Not publishedEast Coker Community Primary School, Main Street, East Coker, YEOVIIL, BA22 9HY
Received Not publishedViridor Walpole Landfill Site Walpole Bridgwater TA6 4TF
Received Not publishedThe Charterhouse Centre, Charterhouse-in-Mendip, Blagdon, Somerset, BS40 7XR
Received Not publishedO.S. FIELDS REF. 9596 (pt), 8446 (PT) AND 5636 (PT), TO WEST OF FULLARDS FARM, FULWOOD, TAUNTON, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedWhiscombe Hill Waste Management Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, TA11 6HY
Received Not publishedMendip Centre, Beckery New Road, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9NS
Received Not publishedBishops Lydeard STW, Bishops Lydeard, TAUNTON, TA4 3LS
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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