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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land off Nerrols Drive Taunton TA2 8QE
Received Not publishedLand at Lufton, Lufton, BRYMPTON, Yeovil, BA22 8SX
Received Not publishedHalecombe Quarry, Leigh On Mendip, Somerset
Received Not publishedSt Michaels First School, Watery Lane, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5NY
Received Not publishedBack River Drove and Sharpham Drove, Cradlebridge, Sharpham, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand off Nerrols Drive Taunton TA2 8QE
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedPoole Household Waste Recyling Centre, Poole, Wellington, Somerset, T21 9HH
Received Not publishedLand between Showground Road/Marsh Lane and, Parrett Way, Colley Lane Industrial Estate, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedCheddar First School, Hillfield, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3HN
Received Not publishedBrookside Community Primary School, Brooks Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PR
Received Not publishedHam Sewage Treatment Works, Ham Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5NU
Received Not publishedHinkley Point A Power Station, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedMilborne Port County Primary School, Glovers Close, Milborne Port, Somerset, DT9 5EP
Received Not publishedM5 J25 to A358/Ruishton Lane Junction.
Received Not publishedSpaxton Primary School, High Street, Spaxton, TA5 1BS
Received Not publishedNorton Fitzwarren Turning Head, Land adjacent to Allerford Road, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedHestercombe House, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedParkfield Primary School, Parkfield Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4RT
Received Not publishedO.S. 2000 (pt), Colham Lane, Cricket St Thomas, Chard, Somerset
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedNorth Curry Primary School, Greenway, North Curry, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 6NQ
Received Not publishedBirchfield Community Primary School, Birchfield Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5RL
Received Not publishedSouthwood Waste Management Facility, Southwood Common, Evercreech, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 6LX
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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