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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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Courtfields Community School, Mantle Street, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8SW
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to Trenchard Way , Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1PN
Received Not publishedCannington Cold Store, Cannington, Bridgwater, TA5 2NJ
Received Not publishedLand between Bridgwater, Somerset & Seabank near Avonmouth.
Received Not publishedHorsington Church of England Primary School, Lower Road, South Cheriton, Templecombe, Somerset, BA8 0BW
Received Not publishedHuish Community Primary School, Carisbrooke Gardens, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1AY
Received Not publishedHigh Ham Primary School, High Ham, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9BY
Received Not publishedWadham Community School, Yeovil Road, Crewkerne, TA18 7NT
Received Not publishedPart Whiteball Quarry, Sampford Arundel, Wellington
Received Not publishedDunball Highways Depot, Dunball Industrial Estate, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4TP
Received Not publishedBroadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ
Received Not publishedRichmoor Lakes, Lewis's Drove, Godney, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand at P.118 (pt) south of Wilderness Drove, Walton Heath, Sharpham, Street, Somerset
Received Not publishedWiveliscombe Primary School, North Street, Wiveliscombe, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 2LA
Received Not publishedSeery's Peat Works, Lewis's Drove, Godney, WELLS, Somerset, BA5 1PT
Received Not publishedO.S 333 Land at Westhay Heath, Meare
Received Not publishedHam Hill Quarry, Ham Hill, Stoke Sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6RW
Received Not publishedLand at Comeytrowe, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedTaunton Inner Relief Road, between Tesco Store &, Lidl Store, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedDitcheat County Primary School, Ditcheat, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6RB
Received Not publishedKilve Court Residential Education Centre, Kilve, BRIDGWATER, TA5 1EA
Received Not publishedWest Somerset Community College, Alcombe, Minehead, TA24 6AY
Received Not publishedBrookside Community Primary School, Brooks Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PR
Received Not publishedSDIC Phase 1 Site Land adjacent to Trenchard Way TA11PN
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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