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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Upton upon Severn Sewage Treatment Works, Cut Throat Lane, Upton upon Severn
Received 7 Feb 2000Woodmarsh High School, Wythall
Received 21 Feb 2000Nunnery Wood High School, Spetchley Road, Worcester
Received 25 Jan 2008Go Greener, Go Greener, Guinness Park Farm, Leigh Sinton, MALVERN, WR135EQ
Received 25 Jun 2024Great Malvern Station, Avenue Road, Malvern, Worcestershire
Received 5 May 2006Sedgeberrow CEFS, Main Street, Sedgeberrow
Received 3 Jun 2003Summerway Landfill, Hillary Road, Stourport On Severn, DY13 9JP
Received 28 Jan 2019Bowling Green Inn,Shaw Lane,Stoke Prior,Hanbury,Worcestershire,B60 4BH
Received 23 May 2012Rushwick Primary School, Upper Wick Lane, Rushwick, Worcester, WR2 5SU
Received 13 Jul 2007Pitcheroak Special School,Willow Way,Redditch,Worcestershire,B97 6PQ
Received 17 Jun 2010Malvern Library, Graham Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 2HU.
Received 7 Aug 2003Unit 6 Barracks Road,Sandy Lane Industrial Estate,Stourport On Severn,DY13 9QB
Received 4 Mar 2010St Egwins C Of E Middle School,Worcester Road,Evesham,Worcestershire,WR11 4JU
Received 1 Nov 2012On land including and between Gheluvelt Park, Waterworks Road on the east side of the River Severn and the restored landfill site, Hallow Road, on the west side of the River Severn, Worcester, Worcestershire
Received 7 Oct 2021Spennells First School, Heronswood Road, Kidderminster
Received 14 May 2007The Chantry High School Martley
Received 10 Mar 2003Hanbury C E First School, School Road, Hanbury, Bromsgrove, B60 4BS
Received 27 May 2004Part Ridge Farm, Kington, Worcester, WR7 4DH
Received 9 Sept 2005Worcester Sewage Treatment Works, Bromwich Road, Worcester
Received 21 Nov 2006Land between the A44/B4083 roundabout and the Wyre Road/Ascot road roundabout, Pershore, Worcestershire
Received 21 Jul 2021Droitwich Sewage Treatment Works, New Mill, Salwarpe, Droitwich
Received 25 Jan 2001Tagwell Road Pumping Station, Tagwell Road, Droitwich
Received 10 Mar 1999Existing Worcestershire county council Highways Depot Adj to the A449, Stanford
Received 9 Dec 2005Land adj. to M42 Motorway, Moorfield Farm, Lilley Green
Received 28 Jul 1983Records 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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