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3,312 approved · 66 refused · 185 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Meare Heath, Meare, Nr Glastonbury
Received Not publishedBarleclose Farm, Forton, Chard, Somerset, TA20 2NW
Received Not publishedWembdon St George's Primary School, Brantwood Road, Wembdon, Bridgwater, Somerset
Received Not publishedPodimore Recycling Centre Lower Dairy Farm Podimore Yeovil Somerset BA22 8LG
Received Not publishedLand (OS Plots 8524 pt, 9041 pt, 9427 pt & 0012 pt) south of Wills Road, Stockmoor, North Petherton, Bridgwater
Received Not publishedReckleford Infants School & Children's Centre, Eastland Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4ET
Received Not publishedDoulting Stone Quarry, Chelynch Road, Doulting, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4PZ
Received Not publishedField to East of Quarry Close, Stoney Stoke, Shepton Montague
Received Not publishedMoons Hill Quarry, Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, Bath, BA3 5JU
Received Not publishedNorton St Philip Sewage Treatment Works, Norton St Philip, Bath, Somerset
Received Not publishedGateway Park and Ride Ilminster Road Ruishton Taunton TA3 5LU
Received Not publishedThe Holway Centre, Keats Road, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2JB
Received Not publishedSt Augustine Of Canterbury School Lyngford Road Taunton TA2 7EF
Received Not publishedHamp Academy, Rhode Lane, BRIDGWATER, Somerset
Received Not publishedRichmoor Lakes, Lewis's Drove, Godney, Somerset
Received Not publishedHam Sewage Treatment Works, Ham Lane, Creech St Michael, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA3 5NU
Received Not publishedMiddlezoy Primary School, Church Road, Middlezoy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA7 0NZ
Received Not publishedKinston St Mary VC Primary School, Sawyers Leigh, Kingston St Mary, TAUNTON, TA2 8JH
Received Not publishedBishop Henderson Primary School, Henderson Close, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4TU
Received Not publishedCallow Rock Quarry, Shipham Gorge, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3DQ
Received Not publishedLand Between Bridgwater in Somerset & Seabank near Avonmouth.
Received Not publishedEmborough Quarry, Emborough
Received Not publishedLand west of Halfways House, Lime Kiln Lane, Hadspen, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7LW
Received Not publishedAshen Cross Quarry, Catsgore Road, SOMERTON, TA11 7JW
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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