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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Halecombe Quarry, Leigh On Mendip, Somerset
Received Not publishedSomerset Rural Life Museum, Abbey Farm, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8DB
Received Not publishedAxbridge Recreation Ground, AXBRIDGE, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedEast Bridgwater Community School, Parkway, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 4QY
Received Not publishedLand South of Westhay Moor Drove (P.61), Westhay Moor, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedP247, Meare Heath, Meare, Glastonbury
Received Not publishedThe Kings of Wessex School, Station Road, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3AQ
Received Not publishedWest Pennard Primary School, Church Lane, West Pennard, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 8NT
Received Not publishedLeighton Quarry, East Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4SQ
Received Not publishedSpaxton Primary School, High Street, Spaxton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1BS
Received Not publishedStation Quarry, CHARLTON MACKRELL, SOMERTON, SOMERSET, TA11 6AG
Received Not publishedHinkley C Connection Project Hinkley Point Road Stogursey Bridgwater TA5 1YA
Received Not publishedHinkley Point
Received Not publishedWedmore County First School, Blackford Road, WEDMORE, Somerset, BS28 4BS
Received Not publishedWestover Green Community School, Westover Green, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 7HB
Received Not publishedPodimore Recycling Centre Lower Dairy Farm Podimore Yeovil Somerset BA22 8LG
Received Not publishedFORMER CHARD SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS, BEECHING CLOSE, CHARD, SOMERSET
Received Not publishedFiveways School, Victoria Road, Yeovil, BA21 5AZ.
Received Not publishedLambrook Pig Unit, Lamyatt, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 6NX
Received Not publishedPlot 8b, Phase II, Houndstone Business Park, Mead Avenue, Houndstone, Yeovil, Somerset
Received Not publishedLongcroft Farm, Stone Lane, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NU
Received Not publishedCloford & Crees Quarries, Holwell, Nunney, FROME, Somerset
Received Not publishedAbbas & Templcombe Primary School, School Lane, Templecombe, BA8 0HP
Received Not publishedCatcott Community Primary School, Manor Road, Catcott, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 9HD
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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