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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Moons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedLadymead Community School, Cheddon Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7QP
Received Not publishedFields East of Cambria Farm, Ilminster Road (A358), Taunton, Somerset, TA3 5LT
Received Not publishedHeathfield Community School, School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8PD
Received Not publishedP.79 Land at Westhay Moor, Dagg's Lane Drove, Meare, Glastonbury
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Stoke St Michael
Received Not published15, Brunel Way, Mart Road Industrial Estate, Minehead, Somerset
Received Not publishedBuckler's Mead School, 1, St Johns Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NH
Received Not publishedLand at Downslade Quarry, Downslade Lane, Upton, Long Sutton, Somerset, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedSpaxton Road, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand to the north east of Podimore Roundabout, Podimore, Yeovil, Somerset
Received Not publishedBishops Lydeard Primary School, Mount Street, Bishops Lydeard, TA4 3AN
Received Not publishedBeckington C of E First School, Church Street, Beckington, Frome, Somerset, BA11 6TG
Received Not publishedStanchester Community School, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6UG
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C Connection Project, between Bridgwater in Somerset and Seabank Substation, north of Avonmouth.
Received Not publishedLillebonne Way Roundabout B3187/123 Wellington
Received Not publishedLand off, Goldenhaye Lane, Chaffcombe, Chard, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand South of Westhay Moor Drove (P.61), Westhay Moor, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedLangford Budville Primary School, Langford Budville, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0RD
Received Not publishedQuarry Farm, Sherborne Road, Henstridge, TEMPLECOMBE, BA8 0PH
Received Not publishedChilton Trinity School, Chilton Street, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3JA
Received Not publishedGreen Ore Farm Bungalow Green Ore Wells BA5 3EP
Received Not publishedMinehead & West Somerset Golf Course, The Warren, MINEHEAD, Somerset, TA24 5SJ
Received Not publishedHam Hill Quarry, Ham Hill, Stoke-sub-Hamdon, 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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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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