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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Bartholomew's First School, Crewkerne, Somerset
Received Not publishedBishops Lydeard Primary School, Mount Street, Bishops Lydeard, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 3AN
Received Not publishedHuish Primary School, Carisbrooke Gardens, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA20 1AY
Received Not publishedMark First School, The Causeway, Mark, HIGHBRIDGE, Somerset, TA9 4QA
Received Not publishedGreenham Quarry, Wellington
Received Not publishedMinehead & West Somerset Golf Course, The Warren, Minehead, TA24 5SJ
Received Not publishedBronzeoak Thermal Processing Limited, Acorn Industrial Park, Dimmer, BA7 7JB
Received Not publishedCrispin Secondary School, Church Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0AD
Received Not publishedChilton Street Pumping Station, Chilton Street, Bridgwater
Received Not publishedBishop Henderson Primary School, Farley Dell, Coleford, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5PN
Received Not publishedSouthwood Waste Management, Evercreech Junction, Evercreech, BA4 6LX
Received Not publishedNorth Curry Primary School, Greenway, North Curry, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 6NQ
Received Not publishedYeovil Westfield Community School, Stiby Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 3EP
Received Not publishedPoole Landfill Site, Poole, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 9HH
Received Not publishedThe Library, Orchard Court, The Archers Way, GLASTONBURY, BA6 9JB
Received Not publishedPeat Moors Centre, Shapwick Road, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9TT
Received Not publishedLand connecting Hinkley Point C Power Station with Avonmouth, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedWestern Cycle Route, Long Run Meadow, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedStogursey Primary School, Tower Hill, Stogursey, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1PR
Received Not publishedM5 J25 to A358/Ruishton Lane Junction.
Received Not publishedJohnson Metals Ltd, Pheonix Road, Colley Lane, Bridgwater, TA6 5LZ
Received Not publishedFrome Community College, Bath Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HQ
Received Not publishedBirchfield Primary School, Birchfield Road, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA21 5RL
Received Not publishedBrent Knoll Primary School, Brent Street, Brent Knoll, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA9 4EQ
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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