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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Holway Centre (Taunton Deane Partnership College) Byron Road Taunton TA1 2JD
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C Connection Project
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedBuckler's Mead School, 1, St Johns Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NH
Received Not publishedThe Priory Special School, Pickeridge Close, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA2 7HW
Received Not publishedAnsford Community School, Maggs Lane, Ansford, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7JJ
Received Not publishedBrymore School, Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2NB
Received Not publishedPodimore Recycling, Podimore, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8JQ
Received Not publishedAshill Community Primary School, Ashill
Received Not publishedBroadway Water Recycling Centre East of Broadway Village Ilminster Somerset TA19 9RJ
Received Not publishedMaiden Beech Middle School, Lyme Road, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8GH
Received Not publishedDimmer Landfill Site, Dimmer Lane, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7NR
Received Not publishedBrains Farm Moor Lane Wincanton BA9 9RA
Received Not publishedKilve Court Residential Education Centre, Kilve, TA5 1EA
Received Not publishedBerrow Primary School, Rose Tree Paddock, Berrow, Somerset, TA8 2LJ
Received Not publishedSherford Bridge Farm and Mountfields Road, Taunton, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedLovington V C Primary School Lovington Road Lovington Castle Cary BA7 7PX
Received Not publishedWestover Green Primary School, Westover Green, BRIDGWATER, TA6 7HB
Received Not publishedFormerly Crossways Farm, Brent Road, East Brent, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 4JD
Received Not publishedWookey Primary School, Wells Road, Wookey, BA5 1LQ
Received Not publishedSelwyn House and Russet House, 52, Southway Drive, YEOVIL, BA21 3ED
Received Not publishedWest Cranmore Quarry, West Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Received Not publishedP3 Land at London Drove, Westhay Moor Drove, Meare, GLASTONBURY, 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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