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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land Adjacent To Strensham Water Treatment Works, Mill Lane, Upper Strensham, Worcestershire
Received 15 Oct 2009A4538/C2121 junction at Chadbury & A4538/A4184/B4088 junction at Twyford
Received 18 Apr 2002Truemans Heath Lane, Majors Green, Birmingham
Received 16 Feb 1984Quarry Lane Sewage Pumping Station, Quarry Lane, Cleeve Prior, Worcs
Received 30 Apr 2004Sixways Park And Ride, Warriors Way, Hindlip, Worcestershire, WR3 8ZE
Received 13 Aug 2020County Museum Hartlebury Castle, Nr Kidderminster, DY11 7XZ
Received 5 Aug 2004Tenbury High School, Oldwood Road, Tenbury Wells, Worcs, WR5 9EL
Received 19 Apr 2006County Hall,Spetchley Road,Worcester,Worcestershire,WR5 2NP
Received 7 Jan 2011Westacre Middle School, Ombersley Way, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 0AA
Received 29 Dec 2015Land off Hospital Lane, Powick
Received 24 Feb 1995Claines C Of E Primary School, School Bank, Claines, WORCESTER, WR37RW
Received 10 Jan 2018Social Services Training Centre, Tolladine Road, Worcester
Received 22 Feb 2008Roman Way First School,Colts Lane,Redditch,Worcestershire,B98 0LH
Received 29 Mar 2007Croome Farm,Croome D'Arbitot,Severn Stoke,Worcs
Received 19 Aug 2008Waresley Landfill Site,Rear Of Unit 100,Hartlebury Trading Estate,Walton Road,Hartlebury,Worcestershire,DY10 4JA
Received 11 Apr 2011Perryfields Pupil Referral Unit, Glebe Close, St. Johns, Worcester, WR2 5AX
Received 6 Jul 2018The Public Library,15 Market Place,Redditch,Worcestershire,B98 8AA
Received 25 Mar 2009I.M.C.R., Sharry Lane, Long Marston Works, Near Stratford-upon-Avon, CV378AQ
Received 27 Apr 2022Wilden All Saints CE First School, Wilden Lane, Stourport on Severn, DY13 9LP
Received 7 Feb 2006St Andrews C Of E First School,Marymans Road,Evesham,Worcestershire,WR11 2QN
Received 14 Jul 2010Northwick Manor Junior School, Northwick Road, Worcester
Received 18 Jul 2002Land To The East And South Of The Crucible Business Park, Norton, Worcester
Received 7 Jan 2021Burlish First School,Windermere Way,Stourport On Severn,Stourport-On-Severn,Worcestershire,DY13 8LA
Received 14 Mar 2007Former Bromsgrove Registry Office, Register Office, School Drive, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 1AW
Received 8 Jul 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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