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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Wiveliscombe Primary School, North Street, Wiveliscombe, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 2LA
Received Not publishedWookey Primary School Wells Road Wookey Wells BA5 1LQ
Received Not publishedChaffcombe Household Waste Recycling Centre, Chaffcombe Road, CHARD, Somerset, TA20 1RP
Received Not publishedSpaxton Road, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
Received Not publishedP122, Ashcott Heath, Ashcott, Somerset
Received Not publishedNorthmead House, Northmead Drove, Puriton, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
Received Not publishedNear Aginhill's Lane, Bathpool, TAUNTON, Somerset
Received Not publishedNorth Petherton Primary School, School Fields, North Petherton, Bridgwater, TA6 6LU
Received Not publishedP.47 Land off, Lewis Drove, Godney, Wells, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand At Bearley Farm Bearley Lane Tintinhull Yeovil BA22 8PE
Received Not publishedHamp Family Centre, Rhode Lane, Hamp, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 6JB
Received Not publishedP50 & P82 Land adjoining North Chine Drove, North Chine Drove, Godney Moor, Wells, BA5 1PS
Received Not publishedWalford Cross Depot Walford Cross Taunton TA2 8QP
Received Not publishedRedstart Primary School, Redstart Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1SD
Received Not publishedLand near Conygar Wood, Dunster, Somerset
Received Not publishedBeckington C of E First School, Church Street, Beckington, Frome, Somerset, BA11 6TG
Received Not publishedField North of Ashill Bypass, Ashill, Somerset
Received Not publishedLydeard St Lawrence Community Primary School, Lydeard St Lawrence, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA4 3SF
Received Not publishedHeathfield Community School, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD
Received Not publishedDunwear Depot, Rivers Lane, Dunwear, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
Received Not publishedAvishayes Community Primary School, Fairway Rise, Avishayes Road, CHARD, Somerset
Received Not publishedNeroche Primary School, Broadway Road, Broadway, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9RG
Received Not publishedLand adjacent to, Barrow Lane, Charlton Musgrove, Somerset
Received Not publishedStanchester Community School, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, TA14 6UG
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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