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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Malvern Vale Primary School, Swinyard Road, Malvern Vale, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1GU
Received 12 Oct 2016Birchensale Middle School, Bridley Moor Road, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 6HT
Received 3 Apr 2000Oakhill First School, Wirehill Drive,Lodge Park Redditch
Received 25 Nov 2002Lower Heath Gypsy Site, Watery Lane, Stourport
Received 25 Nov 2002Batchley Childrens Centre, Batchley First School, Cherry Tree Walk, Redditch, Worcs
Received 5 Sept 2007The Coppice Primary School, Shawhurst Lane, Hollywood, Birmingham. B47 5JN.
Received 29 Aug 2003The Coppice Primary School,Shawhurst Lane,Hollywood,Birmingham,Worcestershire,B47 5JN
Received 5 May 20091-7 Exmoor Drive Residential Home, Exmoor Drive, Bromsgrove, B61 0TW
Received 25 May 2026Land at The Knowle, Sankeys Green, Little Wiltley, Worcs
Received 15 Sept 2006Evesham Nursery Unit, Four Pools Lane, Evesham
Received 30 Oct 2001Bredon Hill Middle School,Elmley Road,Ashton Under Hill,Worcestershire,WR11 7SW
Received 12 Mar 2013Broad Marston SPS and Long Marston SPS
Received 11 Jul 2017Land to the East and South of Crucible Business Park, Norton, Worcestershire
Received 9 Oct 2017Proposed Worcester Library and Record Office, Trinity Street, Worcester
Received 11 Sept 2000Ryall House Farm Quarry, Tewkesbury Road, Upton Upon Severn, WR8 0PU
Received 10 Feb 2023St. Richards C. E. First School, Four Pools Lane, Evesham
Received 10 Oct 2001The Chantry High School, Martley, Worcestershire
Received 30 May 2001St Lukes C Of E Primary School,Plymouth Road,Redditch,B97 4NU
Received 30 Jun 2010Sedgeberrow C. E. School, Sedgeberrow, Worcestershire
Received 27 Mar 2001Land at Harvey Road, Evesham
Received 1 Feb 2006Caretaker's Bungalow, Bewdley High School, Worcs DY12 1BL
Received 18 Mar 2004Quarry Cemex, Ryall House Farm Quarry, Tewkesbury Road, Upton-upon-severn, WORCESTER, WR80PU
Received 28 Nov 2023Overbury C. E. First School, School Lane, Overbury, Tewkesbury
Received 23 Jun 1998Bishops Wood Environmental Education Centre,Bishops Wood Road,Crossway Green,Stourport On Severn,Worcestershire,DY13 9SE
Received 14 Apr 2009Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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