Information and advice to help you decide if you need planning permission

Determining planning applications for waste related developments

Planning permission for mineral extraction, quarries, peat workings and processing plants

How to apply and pay for planning permission

Our Planning Enforcement Policy provides details on Somerset Council’s approach to investigating unauthorised development

Guidance about submitting a planning application.

Advice and guidance you can request from us before making a planning application and a noise guide for developers

Search for planning applications and keep up to date with their progress

You have the right to appeal a planning decision to the Planning Inspectorate.

A Planning Performance Agreement is a negotiated agreement, signed separately for each stage of a project