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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
P31, NG no. 0054, Burtle Road
Received Not publishedLand Os 1615 Part Northfield Somerton TA11 6JB
Received Not publishedHam Sewage Treatment Works, Ham Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5NU
Received Not publishedCamel Hill Farm Quarry, Queen Camel, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA22 7PL
Received Not publishedSouth Petherton County Junior School, Hayes End, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5AG
Received Not publishedOn land between, Rolands Way, & Graham Way, Cotford St Luke, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedArchbishop Cranmer Community Primary School, Cranmer Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1UX
Received Not publishedBowden's Lane Quarry, Bowdens Lane, LANGPORT, Somerset
Received Not publishedHinkley C Connection Project Hinkley Point Road Stogursey Bridgwater TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry, Shipham Gorge, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedAshen Cross Quarry, Ashen Cross, Somerton, Somerset
Received Not publishedHighcroft Quarry, Gurney Slade, Radstock, Somerset
Received Not publishedBack River Drove and Sharpham Drove, Cradlebridge, Sharpham, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand at Walton Heath, Ashcott
Received Not publishedSwanmead Community School, Ditton Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0BL
Received Not publishedBack River Drove and Sharpham Drove, Cradlebridge, Sharpham, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedNeroche Primary School, Broadway Road, Broadway, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9RG
Received Not publishedThe Holway Centre, Keats Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2JB
Received Not publishedPriory Bridge Road Car Park & 84-94 Priory Bridge Road, Taunton Northern Inner Distributor Road (NIDR), Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedLongcroft Farm, Stone Lane, Yeovil, BA21 4NU
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedChewton Plain Old Quarry Site, Chewton Mendip, Somerset
Received Not publishedO.S. FIELDS REF. 9596 (pt), 8446 (PT) AND 5636 (PT), TO WEST OF FULLARDS FARM, FULWOOD, TAUNTON, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedBeechfield Infant School, Burnham Road, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset, TA9 3JF
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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