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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Coxley Primary School, Coxley, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1RD
Received Not publishedAvalon Special School, Brooks Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PS
Received Not publishedBishops Lydeard Primary School, Mount Street, Bishops Lydeard, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 3AN
Received Not publishedField approximately 100M East of, Northam, Blagdon Hill, Somerset
Received Not publishedBishops Hull Community Primary School, Bishops Hull Hill, Bishops Hull, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 5EB
Received Not publishedHam Sewage Treatment Works, Ham Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5NU
Received Not publishedColeford Household Waste Recycling Centre, Newbury Lane, Coleford, Somerset
Received Not publishedCurry Rivel Primary School, Church Street, Curry Rivel, LANGPORT, Somerset, TA10 0HD
Received Not publishedLand either side of Chilton Trinity Water Resource Centre (Wessex Water) at Saltlands Avenue, Bridgwater TA6 3JS
Received Not publishedGreenlands between South Road and Hillyfields, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedHaydon Lane, Holway, TAUNTON, Somerset
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C - Connection Project Hinkley Point Road Stogursey Bridgwater Somerset TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedLand at, Turbary East Drove, Street Heath, SHARPHAM
Received Not publishedP160, Westhay Heath, Meare
Received Not publishedThreeways Horticultural Project, Catherine Street, East Huntspill, Somerset
Received Not publishedBarwick & Stoford Primary School, Mill Lane, Barwick, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 9TH
Received Not publishedMendip Centre, Beckery New Road, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9NS
Received Not publishedKingsmoor Primary School, Church Road, Bawdrip, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8PY
Received Not publishedWest Somerset Community College, Bircham Road, Alcombe, MINEHEAD, Somerset, TA24 6AY
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedSt Pauls C of E VC Junior School, 4, Paul Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5LA
Received Not publishedP131, Turbury East Drove
Received Not publishedBroadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ
Received Not publishedUnit 22 Evercreech Junction Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6NA
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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