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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at the junction of, Mark Road and Bennet Road, Isleport Business Park, Highbridge, Somerset
Received Not publishedBirchfield Community Primary School, Birchfield Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5RL
Received Not publishedFormer Blagdon Hill Primary School, Howleigh Lane, Blagdon Hill, Taunton, TA3 7SW
Received Not publishedSwanmead Community School, Ditton Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0BL
Received Not publishedStation Quarry, CHARLTON MACKRELL, SOMERTON, SOMERSET, TA11 6AG
Received Not publishedThe Cratt Buildings, Long Sutton, LANGPORT, Somerset, TA10 9PZ
Received Not publishedP83 land between South Drain & Vanity Rhyne, Westhay Heath, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9TT
Received Not publishedThe Castle School, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 5AU
Received Not publishedSt Lawrence C of E V C Primary School, School Hill, Westbury Sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1HL
Received Not publishedCritchell School, Nunney Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4LB
Received Not publishedPytt Farm, Ashbrittle, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0LJ
Received Not publishedLangaller Way Roundabout A38/1450 Creech St Michael
Received Not publishedWalpole Landfill Site, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RS
Received Not publishedLand off, Goldenhaye Lane, Chaffcombe, Somerset
Received Not publishedP6, Burtle Road, Westhay, GLASTONBURY, Somerset
Received Not publishedP88, Great Place Drove
Received Not publishedDownslade Quarry, Hermitage Road, Upton, Long Sutton, TA10 9NW
Received Not publishedWest of Wansborough Paper Mill, Watchet, Somerset
Received Not publishedHinkley Point C Connection Project, between Bridgwater in Somerset and Seabank Substation, north of Avonmouth.
Received Not publishedCheddar First School, Hillfield, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3HN
Received Not publishedMerlyns Farm, Spaxton, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1DF
Received Not publishedHamp Junior School, Rhode Lane, Bridgwater, TA6 6JB
Received Not publishedFormer Fisons Football Ground at Eclipse Works (P.41), ASHCOTT ROAD, MEARE, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, BA6 9SU
Received Not publishedThe Wagon House, Crane Farm, Pesters Lane, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7AA
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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