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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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Eldersfield Lawn CE Primary School, Corse Lawn, Eldersfield, Gloucester, GL19 4LZ
Received 8 May 2007Land to the north and west of Ashton under Hill Sewage Treatment Works, Back Lane, Ashton under Hill, Worcestershire
Received 27 Oct 2025Howbury House, Pickersleigh Grove, Malvern, Worcs
Received 26 Jun 2006Top Barns Quarry, Holt, Worcester
Received 22 Jan 1988North Bromsgrove High School, School Drive, Stratford Road, Bromsgrove
Received 3 Jul 2002Worcester Southern Link Road, A4440 Temeside Way, Worcester
Received 4 Sept 2020Callowbrook Lane, Rubery
Received 17 Feb 2010Tenbury Church Street Sewage Pumping Station, Off Church Street, Tenbury Wells
Received 4 Jan 2007Guiness Farm, Leigh Sinton
Received 14 Aug 1997The Coppice Primary School, Shawhurst Lane, Hollywood, Wythall
Received 11 Feb 2000A4538 Worcester to Evesham Road
Received 21 Jul 2000Land to the east and south of Crucible Business Park, Norton, Worcester
Received 12 Sept 2017Franche First School, Chestnut Grove, Kidderminster
Received 25 Jul 2002Manor Farm,Holdfast,Nr. Upton-upon-Severn,Worcestershire
Received 17 Jun 2011North Bromsgrove High School, School Drive, Stratford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs
Received 9 Jan 2006Mill Farm Sandpit, Wildmoor Lane, Bromsgrove
Received 8 Nov 1994Westernhall Road, Stoke Works, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove
Received 6 Apr 1993The Vaynor First School, Tennyson Road, Redditch, Worcs B97 5BL
Received 29 Jun 2004D E Talbot Transport,Hillary Road,Stourport On Severn,Stourport-On-Severn,Worcestershire,DY13 9JP
Received 16 Nov 2006Vale of Evesham School, Four Pools Lane, Evesham
Received 4 Dec 2000Lower Moor Gravel Pit, Salters Lane, Lower Moor, Pershore
Received 1 Nov 1999Widmoor Quarry, Sandy Lane, Wildmoor
Received 17 Apr 2003Land at Bow Farm, Bow Lane, Ripple, Worcestershire
Received 29 Aug 2025St Georges CE Primary School
Received 21 Jan 2002Records 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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