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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 publishedCompton Dundon Primary School, School Lane, Compton Dundon, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 6PE
Received Not publishedSpringmead Works, Beeching Close, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1BB
Received Not publishedLand at Evercreech Junction, Evercreech, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 6NA
Received Not publishedHam Hill Quarry, Ham Hill, Stoke Sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6RW
Received Not publishedPottery Farm, Horton, Ilminster
Received Not publishedP143 Plot 7717 (OS Sheet ST4639), Turbary East Drove, Street Heath, SHARPHAM
Received Not publishedField to East of Quarry Close, Stoney Stoke, Shepton Montague
Received Not publishedWoolavington Community Primary School, Higher Road, Woolavington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 8EA
Received Not publishedNorth Curry Primary School, Greenway, North Curry, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 6NQ
Received Not publishedLeighton Quarry, East Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4SQ
Received Not publishedBrains Farm Moor Lane Wincanton BA9 9RA
Received Not publishedSelworthy School, Selworthy Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8HD
Received Not publishedWhite House Lane, Litton, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand between Amberd Lane and Church Road, Trull, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedWells Sewage Treatment Works, Burcott Road, Wells
Received Not publishedWhiscombe Hill Waste Management Site, Somertonfield Road, Somerton, TA11 6HY
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedBrookside County Primary School, Brooks Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PR
Received Not publishedCastle Cary WRC South Cary Lane Castle Cary BA7 7EZ
Received Not publishedSHIRE HALL, COUNTY HALL, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, TA1 4DY
Received Not publishedCreech St Michael Primary School, Hyde Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5QQ
Received Not publishedGreenham Quarry, Greenham, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0JU
Received Not publishedParkfield Community Primary School, Parkfield Road, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 4RT
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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