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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
West Somerset Community College, Bircham Road, Alcombe, MINEHEAD, Somerset, TA24 6AY
Received Not publishedLand off Nerrols Drive Taunton TA2 8QE
Received Not publishedCHURCH FARM, BERKLEY, FROME, SOMERSET, BA11 5JH
Received Not publishedP.265, Whites Drove, Godney
Received Not publishedRichmoor Lakes, Lewis's Drove, Godney, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand between Amberd Lane and Church Road, Trull, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedPawlett Primary School, Gaunts Road, Pawlett, BRIDGWATER, TA6 4SB
Received Not publishedAbbey Farm Chilkwell Street Glastonbury Somerset BA6 8DB
Received Not publishedAvalon Special School, Brooks Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PS
Received Not publishedDunwear Depot, River Lane, Dunwear, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0AA
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not published6, Longmead, Huish Champflower, Wiveliscombe, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand forming part of Westfield Farm, Keinton Mandeville, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6DQ
Received Not publishedMisterton C of E First School, Middle Street, Misterton, Somerset, TA18 8LZ
Received Not publishedPoole Household Waste Recyling Centre, Poole, Wellington, Somerset, T21 9HH
Received Not publishedIlchester Community Infants School, Illustrious Crescent, Ilchester, Somerset, BA22 8JX
Received Not publishedMilverton Community Primary School, Sand Street, Milverton, Taunton, Somerset, TA4 1JP
Received Not publishedFrome Youth & Community Centre, Vallis Road, FROME, Somerset, BA11 3EF
Received Not publishedCurry Rivel Primary School, Church Street, Curry Rivel, LANGPORT, Somerset, TA10 0HD
Received Not publishedFormer Priorswood Landfill Site, Crown Industrial Estate, Priorswood, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8QY
Received Not publishedWest Chinnock C of E Primary School, Scotts Way, West Chinnock, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7PT
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry Shipham Road Cheddar BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedSt Dunstan School BA6 9BY
Received Not publishedHalecombe Quarry, Leigh On Mendip, Somerset
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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