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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Grove House, Tewkesbury Road, UPTON UPON SEVERN, WR80PW
Received 22 Feb 2016Malvern Youth Centre, Albert Road North, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 2YF
Received 28 Jul 2015Rear of footpath East of Sutton Road, Kidderminster. Approx 10m South East of Access to Kidderminster hospital
Received 12 Mar 2007Broadheath C. E. Primary School, Sailors Bank, Lower Broadheath, Worcester
Received 4 Jul 2002Batchley First School, Cherry Tree Walk, Batchley, Redditch
Received 25 Jun 1998Wribbenhall Middle School, Stourport Road, Bewdley
Received 11 Aug 2000Red Hill CE Primary School, Worcester
Received 11 May 2006Stourminster School,Comberton Road,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY10 3DX
Received 12 Jan 2010Freda Eddy Court, Orchard Street, Kidderminster DY10 2JA
Received 4 Aug 2005Bow Farm, Bow Lane, Ripple, Worcestershire.
Received 10 Jul 2025Land to the rear of Liberty Aluminium Foundry, Kidderminster, DY11 7QE
Received 20 Dec 2023Waste Incineration Unit, Hangmans Lane, Hanley Castle, WR8 0AJ
Received 30 Jul 2021Fernhill Heath Terminal (Sewage) Pumping Station.
Received 23 Apr 2015Land at Gorse Bank, Welland Road, Hanley Swan, Worcestershire
Received 2 Jan 2024Tinkerbell, 1 FARM COTTAGE, PERSHORE, WR10 3JD
Received 4 Apr 2025Evesham High School,Four Pools Road,Evesham,Worcestershire,WR11 1DQ
Received 23 Apr 2010Gardeners Meadow Car Park, Severn Side South, Bewdley
Received 10 Jan 2008Eckington C. E. First School
Received 15 Sept 1999Land Adjacent To Leigh And Bransford Primary School,Hoopers Close,Leigh Sinton,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR13 5DX
Received 31 Jul 2013Warndon Highways Depot, Pershore Lane, Warndon, Worcester. WR3 8ZE
Received 22 Aug 2003King Charles I High School, Comberton Road, Kidderminster
Received 23 Apr 1998Chapel Lane, Offenham, Evesham
Received 13 Sept 2005Chadwich Lane Quarry, Chadwich Lane, Bromsgrove
Received 2 Jun 2025Mayfield Farm, Canal Side, Hopwood, Alvechurch, Birmingham, B48 7AA
Received 31 Dec 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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