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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Bromsgrove Youth Centre,New Road,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire,B60 2JS
Received 2 Feb 2009Millfields First School,Swift Close,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire,B61 7BS
Received 26 Feb 2015Worcester Woods Countryside Centre, Wildwood Way, Worcester
Received 29 Nov 2004Vale Of Evesham School,Four Pools Lane,Evesham,WR11 1DH
Received 29 Jan 2010Glendale, Chatley, Nr. Droitwich, Worcs. WR9 0AP
Received 11 Sept 2003Astwood Bank First School, Church Road, Redditch
Received 24 Oct 2000Ashton Under Hill Sewage Treatment Works
Received 15 Sept 2026Pitmaston House, Malvern Road, Worcester
Received 10 Oct 2000Franche First School, Chestnut Grove, Kidderminster, Worcs. DY11 5QB.
Received 24 Jan 2003D E Talbot Transport,Hillary Road,Stourport-On-Severn,Worcestershire,DY13 9JP
Received 23 Sept 2013Land opposite Woodlands, Earls Common Road, Stock Green
Received 11 Dec 2007Junction of Bath Road and Stanley Street adj to Eastern Boundary wall
Received 16 Oct 2006Wilden Lane, Wilden, Worcestershire
Received 28 Jan 2020Land to the East and South of The Crucible Business Park, Norton, Worcester
Received 4 Dec 2017Blakebrook School, Bewdley Road, Kidderminster, DY11 6RL
Received 28 May 2004Land To South Of Severn Trent Water Plc Reclamation Works,Mill Lane,Strensham,Worcestershire
Received 29 Mar 2005Broadway Quarry, Fish Hill, Broadway, WR127LB
Received 14 Dec 2017Guiness Farm, Leigh Sinton
Received 23 Aug 1993Wichenford, Queens Sewerage Pumping Station, Queens Way, Wichenford
Received 31 Aug 2006Foley Park First School, Northumberland Avenue, Kidderminster
Received 21 Nov 2002Land Adjacent To Chadwich Lane Quarry,Chadwich Lane,Madeley Heath,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire
Received 7 Jun 2012Northwick Manor Junior School, Northwick Road, Worcester
Received 4 Oct 2001Spennells First School, Heronswood Road, Kidderminster, Worcs. DY10 4EX
Received 19 Dec 2002D N A, Malvern Hills Science Park, Geraldine Road, MALVERN, WR143SZ
Received 28 Sept 2016Records 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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