Understanding planning · 13 min read
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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Halecombe Quarry, Leigh on Mendip.
Received Not publishedThe Castle School, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
Received Not publishedOaklands Primary School, Preston Grove, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2DU
Received Not publishedWalford Cross Depot Walford Cross Taunton TA2 8QP
Received Not publishedHinkley Point A Power Station
Received Not publishedOaklands Primary School, Preston Grove, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2DU
Received Not publishedSlate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.
Received Not publishedThe Old County Depot, Westonzoyland Road, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedHolway Park Community School, Shakespeare Avenue, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 2JA
Received Not publishedCamel Hill Farm Quarry, Queen Camel, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA22 7PL
Received Not publishedLAND AT WESTHAY HEATH (P.107), MEARE, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, BA6 9SP
Received Not publishedBroadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ
Received Not publishedBucklers Mead School, St Johns Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NH
Received Not publishedBristol Road Sewage Pumping Station, Bristol Road, Bridgwater, TA6 4LF
Received Not publishedLand at Evercreech Junction, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6NA
Received Not publishedBroadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ
Received Not publishedHolway Park Community School, Shakespeare Avenue, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 2JA
Received Not publishedLongcroft Farm, Stone Lane, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NU
Received Not publishedEast Bridgwater Community School, Parkway, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 4QY
Received Not publishedChilthorne Domer Primary School, Main Street, Chilthorne Domer, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8RD
Received Not publishedCamel Hill Farm Quarry, Queen Camel, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA22 7PL
Received Not publishedIlchester Community Primary School, Somerton Road, Ilchester, YEOVIL, BA22 8JL
Received Not publishedMonument Quarry Ham Hill Stoke Sub-Hamdon
Received Not publishedDimmer Landfill Site, Dimmer Lane, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NR
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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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