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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Odcombe Waste Disposal Site, Odcombe, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedMerriott First School, Church Street, Merriott, Somerset, TA16 5PT
Received Not publishedHighway Verge opposite Rodge Cottages, Hadspen, Castle Cary, Somerset
Received Not publishedNorth Petherton Water Recycling Centre Parkers Field North Petherton Bridgwater TA6 6QS
Received Not publishedA39/1023 BATH ROAD ROUNDABOUT BY BOWER LANE Bridgwater
Received Not publishedWhitstone Leisure and Community Centre, Charlton Road, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset
Received Not publishedNether Stowey Primary School, Mill Lane, Nether Stowey, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1LN
Received Not publishedField North of Ashill Bypass, Ashill, Somerset
Received Not publishedSwanmead Community School, Ditton Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0BL
Received Not publishedWalpole Landfill Site, Puriton Road, Pawlett, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA9 3NL
Received Not publishedPriory Fields Retail Park, Priory Fields, Taunton, TA1 1QS
Received Not publishedGreen Ore Farm Bungalow Green Ore Wells BA5 3EP
Received Not publishedP219, Land At Westhay Heath
Received Not publishedSunnyside Farm, Kingsdon, SOMERTON, Somerset, TA11 7LJ
Received Not publishedUnit 22 Evercreech Junction Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 6NA
Received Not publishedRuishton C of E Primary School, Newlands Road, Ruishton, TAUNTON, TA3 5LZ
Received Not publishedCloford Common Farm, Cloford Common, Cloford, FROME, Somerset, BA11 4PE
Received Not publishedNorton Fitzwarren Village Halll, Station Road, Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, Somerset, TA2 6RQ
Received Not publishedWest Huntspill Community Primary School, New Road, West Huntspill, Highbridge, TA9 3QE
Received Not publishedTaunton & Pickeridge Golf Club, Corfe, Taunton, TA3 7BY
Received Not publishedThe former St Augustine School Site, Lyngford Road, Taunton, TA2 7EF
Received Not publishedCritchell Special School, Nunney Road, FROME, Somerset, BA11 4LB
Received Not publishedMilford Junior School, Glenthorne Avenue, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA21 4PG
Received Not publishedDimmer Waste Disposal 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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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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