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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received Not publishedLand off Nerrols Drive Taunton TA2 8QE
Received Not publishedWest Pennard C of E Primary School, CHURCH LANE, WEST PENNARD, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, BA6 8NT
Received Not publishedSouth Petherton Junior School, Hayes End, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5DY
Received Not publishedMinehead Middle School, Ponsford Road, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5RH
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry Complex Stoke St Michael Radstock Somerset BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedCrewkerne Community Recycling Site, Crewkerne Industrial Estate, Blacknell Lane, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7HE
Received Not publishedP.265, White's Drove, Godney, WELLS, BA5 1PT
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry, Shipham Road, Cheddar, BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedPlot 4226 (pt) of OS Sheet ST5227 at Nut Hill, Sunnyside Farm, Kingsdon, SOMERTON, Somerset, TA11 7LJ
Received Not publishedAsham Wood, Downend, Chantry
Received Not publishedLand at Higher Drove, Walton Heath, Walton, Somerset
Received Not publishedChristchurch C of E First School, Feltham Lane, FROME, Somerset, BA11 5AJ
Received Not publishedRedstart Primary School, Redstart Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1SD
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C
Received Not publishedChard Enterprise Centre Beeching Close Taunton TA20 1BB
Received Not publishedGreen Ore Farm, Green Ore, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3EP
Received Not publishedPreston C of E VC Primary School, The Toose, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3SN
Received Not publishedCastle Cary Primary School, Park Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7EH
Received Not publishedHinkley Point A, Hinkley Point Power Station, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedMark C of E First School, The Causeway, Mark, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4QA
Received Not publishedBeech Grove Primary School, Courtland Road, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 8NE
Received Not publishedLand forming part of Westfield Farm, Keinton Mandeville, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6DQ
Received Not publishedWest Monkton Primary School, School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PA
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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