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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 · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Worcestershire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Aug 1980 to 15 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land at The Leys, Old Birmingham Road, Alvechurch
Received 11 Jul 1984Northwick Manor Infant School,Northwick Road,Worcester,WR3 7EA
Received 12 Jun 2008Cropthorne with Charlton C. E. First School
Received 15 Sept 1999Caretakers Bungalow, St Stephens School, Mabey Avenue, Riverside, Redditch Worcs, B98 8HW
Received 8 Apr 2004Kidderminster Library, Market Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1AB
Received 20 Sept 2016Forge House,Stourport Road,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY11 7QE
Received 18 Jul 2012Worcester Sewage Treatment Works, Bromwich Road, Worcester, WR2 4AP
Received 6 Mar 2006Ripple Quarry, Nr Tewkesbury
Received 25 Jun 1987St. Marys C. E. First School, Lyndhurst Drive, Kidderminster
Received 25 May 1999Land west of & adj. to A38, Nr Clifton
Received 9 Mar 1994Webheath First School, Downsell Road, Redditch, B97 5RJ
Received 26 Nov 2007Tibberton CE First School, Plough lane, Tibberton, WR9 7NL
Received 5 Aug 2005Hill & Moor Landfill Site, Hill and Moor Landfill Site, Piddle Brook Lane, Wyre Piddle, PERSHORE, WR102LW
Received 6 Jul 2023Manor Road Sewage Pumping Station,At Land To The Rear Of,62 Manor Road,Badsey,Worcs,WR11 7HH
Received 11 Aug 2009Birchen Coppice Primary School, Woodbury Road,Kidderminster,DY11 7JJ
Received 12 Mar 2008Spring Hill Nursery, Salters Lane, Lower Moor, PERSHORE, WR102PE
Received 9 Dec 2017The Grove Primary School, Pickersleigh Grove, Malvern, Worcester, WR14 2LU
Received 5 Oct 2007New Road, Aston Fields, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 2LX
Received 6 Aug 2015Land off Shuttlefast Lane, Malvern Wells
Received 22 May 2007Bromsgrove A38 Infrastructure Scheme, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Received 17 Jul 2020Blaze Lane, Hunt End, Redditch
Received 28 Apr 1983Christopher Whitehead High School,Bromwich Road,Worcester,WR2 4AF
Received 19 Aug 2008Adjacent To End Of Weir Lane Footpath,Approximately 150 Metres South From,The End Of Diglis Island,Over The River Severn,Diglis,Worcester
Received 25 Jun 2009Sandy Lane Landfill Site, Sandy Lane, Wildmoor, Bromsgrove
Received 12 Nov 2003Records 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 Worcestershire County 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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