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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Hillsmoor Sewage Treament Works, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, TA4 2TU
Received Not publishedPreston C of E VC Primary School, The Toose, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4LD
Received Not publishedHigh Ham Primary School, High Ham, TA10 9BY
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry Complex, Stoke St Michael, Somerset., BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedTorr Works, East Cranmore, SHEPTON MALLET, Somerset, BA4 4SQ
Received Not publishedP203 - Land adjacent to Wilderness Drove, Sharpham
Received Not publishedWalpole Landfill Site, Puriton Road, Pawlett, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA9 3NL
Received Not publishedKeinton Mandeville Primary School Chistles Lane Keinton Mandeville Somerton TA11 6ES
Received Not publishedWalpole Landfill Site, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RS
Received Not publishedCritchill School, Nunney Road, FROME, Somerset, BA11 4LB
Received Not publishedBroadmead Quarry, Stancombe Lane, Westbury sub Mendip, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3BZ
Received Not publishedSt Dunstan's Community School, Wells Road, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9BY
Received Not publishedGreen Ore Farm Bungalow Green Ore Wells BA5 3EP
Received Not publishedStawley Primary School, Ashbrittle Road, Stawley, TA21 0HH
Received Not publishedSlate Lane, West Camel, Somerset.
Received Not publishedHalecombe Quarry Leigh on Mendip Frome Somerset BA11 3RD
Received Not publishedSt Michaels First School, Watery Lane, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5NY
Received Not publishedLangford Budville Primary School, Langford Budville, Wellington, Somerset, TA21 0RD
Received Not publishedWadham School, Yeovil Road, CREWKERNE, Somerset, TA18 7NT
Received Not publishedSwanmead Community School, Ditton Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0BL
Received Not publishedAvalon Special School, Brooks Road, Street, Somerset, BA16 0PS
Received Not publishedFrome Community College, Bath Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2HQ
Received Not publishedAsh Primary School Main Street Ash Martock TA12 6NS
Received Not publishedTaunton Castle, Castle Green, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4AA
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage