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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Castle Hill Quarry, Chad's Hill, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2QF
Received Not publishedLand to the South of the River Brue, New Road, East Huntspill, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset
Received Not publishedMerehead Quarry Torr Works Slait Hill to Haygrove Lane Cranmore Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4SQ
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to the junction of, Clapton Road and Axe Lane, Clapton, Crewkerne, Somerset
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry Complex Stoke St Michael Radstock Somerset BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedWestdown Quarry Whatley Frome Somerset (OS ST 719 661)
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry Shipham Road Cheddar BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedCountess Gytha Primary School, WEST CAMEL ROAD, QUEEN CAMEL, YEOVIL, BA227LT
Received Not publishedKeinton Mandeville Primary School Chistles Close Keinton Mandeville Somerton Somerset TA11 6ES
Received Not publishedLand forming part of Westfield Farm, Keinton Mandeville, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6DQ
Received Not publishedThe Castle School, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
Received Not publishedNailcrete Ltd, Asham, Chantry, Nr Frome
Received Not publishedBroadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ
Received Not publishedAshlands VC First School, North Street, Crewkerne, TA18 7AL
Received Not publishedBroadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ
Received Not publishedThe Lodge, Wilton Orchard, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3SA
Received Not publishedLand west of Halfways House, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7LW
Received Not publishedLand (OS Plots 8254 pt, 9041 pt, 9427 pt & 0012 pt), South of Wills Road, Stockmoor, North Petherton, Bridgwater
Received Not publishedWadham Community School, Yeovil Road, CREWKERNE, Somerset, TA18 7NT
Received Not publishedPhoenix Road, Colley Lane Industrial Estate, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5LZ
Received Not publishedColemans Quarry Holwell Nunney FROME BA11 4PX
Received Not publishedDraycott Sewage Treatment Works, Dolmead Lane, Draycott, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3TL
Received Not publishedAnsford Community School, Maggs Lane, Ansford, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7JJ
Received Not publishedMilborne Port County Primary School, Glovers Close, Milborne Port, Somerset, 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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