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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heathfield Community School, School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8PD
Received Not publishedMiddlezoy Primary School, Church Road, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, TA7 0NZ
Received Not publishedCrispin Secondary School, Church Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0AD
Received Not publishedDimmer Waste Disposal Site, Dimmer Lane, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NR
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry, Shipham Road, Shipham, CHEDDAR, BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedWembdon St Georges C of E Primary School, Brantwood Road, Bridgwater, TA6 7PS
Received Not publishedThe Castle School, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
Received Not publishedLand off Nerrols Drive Taunton TA2 8QE
Received Not publishedSouthwood Waste Management, Evercreech Junction, Evercreech, BA4 6LX
Received Not publishedFrome Community College, Bath Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HQ
Received Not publishedAllotment Drove, Sharpham
Received Not publishedMerriott First School, Church Street, Merriott, Somerset, TA16 5PT
Received Not published18, Court Orchard, Cannington, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 2JA
Received Not publishedP.99 (pt), Wilderness Drove, Sharpham, Somerset
Received Not publishedPriddy Primary School, Priddy, Wells, BA5 3BE
Received Not publishedP8, P104 & P173, Heathway Drove, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedRoewood, Bunns Lane, West Woodlands, FROME, Somerset, BA11 5ES
Received Not publishedSouthwood Waste Management, Evercreech Junction, Evercreech, BA4 6LX
Received Not publishedP.99 (pt), Wilderness Drove, Sharpham, Somerset
Received Not publishedP213 Land West of Heathway Drove, Meare Heath, Meare
Received Not publishedLand north of Cunningham Road & north-west of Drake Road, Wyndham Park, YEOVIL, BA21 5EY
Received Not publishedCrispin Secondary School, Church Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0AD
Received Not publishedRuishton C of E Primary School, Newlands Road, Ruishton, TAUNTON, TA3 5LZ
Received Not publishedMilverton Community Primary School, Sand Street, Milverton, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 1JP
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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