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 · 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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Part of Glebe Farm, Hill Broome, Upton on Severn
Received 11 Jun 1991Meadows First School
Received 6 Feb 2007Mount Pleasant, Childswickham, Broadway, Worcestershire
Received 16 Apr 1991Lower Goosehill Farm, Hanbury, Droitwich, Worcs, WR9 7EH
Received 5 Aug 2004(Western portion of the former), Sandy Lane Quarry, Wildmoor, Worcestershire
Received 6 Aug 2021Hipton Hill Caravan Park, Norton, Evesham
Received 14 Dec 2005Waseley Hill High School, Rubury
Received 26 Jul 1999The Coal Yard, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster
Received 17 Jan 1997Pear Tree Orchard, Chawson Lane, Droitwich
Received 29 Jun 1989Broadway Quarry, Fish Hill, Broadway
Received 30 Sept 1997Social Education Centre, Habberley Road, Kidderminster
Received 3 Apr 2002Hill and Moor Landfill site, Near Pershore
Received 22 Apr 2003Foregate Street Railway Station,Foregate Street,Worcester,WR1 1DB
Received 15 Aug 2012Woodbury Quarry, Shelsley Beauchamp, Worcestershire
Received 11 Sept 2023Abberley Parochial Primary School, Apostle's Oak, Abberley, Worcs. WR6 6AA
Received 16 Jul 2003Burlish Park First School, Windermere Way, Stourport on Severn, DY13 8LA
Received 7 Feb 2006Sedgeberrow Main Road,Sewage Pumping Station,The Hollows,Sedgeberrow,WR11 7UX
Received 24 Aug 2009Worcester Southern Link Road, A4440 Temeside Way, Worcester
Received 27 May 2020The Brickworks, Hartlebury
Received 3 Jul 1985Pitmaston Primary School,Malvern Road, Worcester
Received 7 Oct 2002Hagley Middle School, Park Road, Hagley
Received 16 Apr 1999Site to the east of Birmingham Road and the south of Old Rectory Road, Alvechurch, Worcester
Received 18 Feb 2004Junction of Pickersleigh Road with Harbinger Avenue, Malvern
Received 21 Sept 2005Land Adjacent 13A/15A Rea Avenue, Rubery
Received 4 Feb 2004Records 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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