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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Charlton Mackrell Primary School, Bonfire Lane, Charlton Mackrell, SOMERTON, TA11 7BN
Received Not publishedSouthwood Waste Management, Evercreech Junction, Evercreech, BA4 6LX
Received Not publishedAshen Cross Quarry, Catsgore Lane, Somerton, TA11 7JW
Received Not publishedMilborne Port County Primary School North Street Milborne Port Sherborne DT9 5EP
Received Not publishedChurchstanton Primary School, Churchstanton, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 7RL
Received Not publishedDulverton Household Waste Recycling Centre, Dulverton
Received Not publishedLand off, Goldenhaye Lane, Chaffcombe, Chard, Somerset
Received Not publishedOdcombe Waste Disposal Site, Odcombe, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedBlackford Hill Quarry, Quarry Hill, Blackford, Yeovil, BA22 7EA
Received Not publishedMiddlezoy Transit Site, Langport Road, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0NX
Received Not publishedFrome Enterprise Resource Centre, Manor Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4BS
Received Not publishedTaunton Ham Water Recycling Centre (WRC) Ham Road Creech St Michael TA3 5NU
Received Not publishedUnit 5, Brue Avenue, Colley Lane, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5LT
Received Not publishedMinehead First School, Townsend Road, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5RG
Received Not publishedCritchell Special School, Nunney Road, FROME, Somerset, BA11 4LB
Received Not publishedDimmer Waste Disposal Site, Dimmer Lane, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NR
Received Not publishedSky College, Pickeridge Close, Taunton, TA2 7HW
Received Not publishedDoulting Stone Quarry, Chelynch Road, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4PZ
Received Not publishedUnit 12, Barle Enterprise Centre, DULVERTON, TA22 9BF
Received Not publishedLongcroft Farm, Stone Lane, Yeovil, BA21 4NU
Received Not publishedThe Castle School, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
Received Not publishedStawley Primary School Ashbrittle Road Stawley Wellington TA21 0HH
Received Not publishedNew House Farm, Reeds Drive, Woolavington, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA7 8DR
Received Not publishedHorsington Church of England Primary School, Lower Road, South Cheriton, Templecombe, Somerset, BA8 0BW
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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