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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North Petherton Water Recycling Centre Parkers Field North Petherton Bridgwater TA6 6QS
Received Not publishedPreston C of E VC Primary School, The Tooze, YEOVIL, Somerset, BA21 3PH
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael
Received Not publishedBowdens Quarry Bowdens Langport TA10 0DD
Received Not publishedLAND AT WESTHAY HEATH (P.107), MEARE, GLASTONBURY, SOMERSET, BA6 9SP
Received Not publishedWest Somerset Community College, Bircham Road, Alcombe, MINEHEAD, Somerset, TA24 6AY
Received Not publishedStreet Heath and Walton Heath, Turbary West Drove, Sharpham, STREET, Somerset
Received Not publishedSt Dunstan School BA6 9BY
Received Not publishedFairmead School Mudford Road Yeovil BA21 4NZ
Received Not publishedWalpole Landfill Site, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 4RS
Received Not publishedKnights Templar School, Liddymore Road, Watchet, Somerset
Received Not publishedWilliton Depot and Waste Transfer Station Roughmoor Williton TA4 4RF
Received Not publishedP147 - land on the east side of Higher Drove and Lond Drove, Walton
Received Not publishedBlackbrook Park Avenue (South) Roundabout U6285/80 Taunton
Received Not publishedTrinity C of E First School, Nunney Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4LB
Received Not publishedP201, Land Adj To Burtle Road, Westhay
Received Not publishedBishop Henderson Primary School, Henderson Close, Taunton
Received Not publishedPriorswood Primary School, Wedlands, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7AD
Received Not publishedCatcott West Drove (P.58), Catcott, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedLand at Former Langdon Depot, Walford Cross, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 8QP
Received Not publishedP8, P104 & P173, Heathway Drove, Westhay, Glastonbury, Somerset
Received Not publishedCrewkerne Community Recycling Site, Crewkerne Industrial Estate, Blacknell Lane, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7HE
Received Not publishedHinkley Point A Power Station
Received Not publishedKilve Court Residential Education Centre,, Kilve, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA5 1EA
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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