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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to, No 1, Fairfields, Yarlington, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 8DP
Received Not publishedHalecombe Quarry, Leigh On Mendip, Somerset
Received Not publishedDoulting Stone Quarry, Chelynch Road, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4PZ
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael
Received Not publishedStanchester Community School, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6UG
Received Not publishedOaklands Primary School, Preston Grove, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 2DU
Received Not publishedCossington Primary School, Cossington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8LQ
Received Not publishedLand forming part of Westfield Farm, Keinton Mandeville, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6DQ
Received Not publishedKing Alfred Community School, Burnham Road, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset, TA9 3EE
Received Not publishedCorkscrew Lane, onto Whitmore Lane, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedFORMER CHARD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, BEECHING CLOSE, CHARD, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedbetween Doveton's Drive, and Slade Way, Williton, Somerset
Received Not publishedUnit One, Huntworth Business Park, Huntworth, BRIDGWATER, TA6 6TS
Received Not publishedEmborough Quarry, Emborough, RADSTOCK, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedNorthmoor Green School, Moorland, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0AS
Received Not publishedM5 J25 to A358/Ruishton Lane Junction.
Received Not publishedPlot B4, Commerce Park, Coalway Lane, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2FE
Received Not publishedMinehead Middle School, Pondsford Road, Minehead, TA24 5RH
Received Not publishedCastle Cary Primary School, Park Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7EH
Received Not publishedSpaxton Road, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
Received Not publishedWork Power, Units 22-26, Livingstone Way, Bindon Road, Taunton, TA2 6BD
Received Not publishedDunwear Depot, River Lane, Dunwear, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0AA
Received Not publishedP2, Long Drove, Walton Heath
Received Not publishedWhatley Quarry, Whatley, Frome, 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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