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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Far Forest Lea Memorial CE First School, New Road, Far Forest, Rock, Kidderminster, DY14 9TQ
Received 8 May 2007Bayer UK Ltd., Stoke Works, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove
Received 15 Jan 1986Land at Station House, Saltway, Hanbury, Worcestershire
Received 29 Oct 2018Land adj. to Taylors Lane, Clerkenleap, Worcester
Received 19 Apr 1983Wolverley High School, Blakeshall Lane, Wolverley, Worcestershire, DY11 5XQ
Received 8 Nov 2023Astley Hampstall Sewage Treatment Works, Hampstall Lane, Astley Hampstall
Received 25 Aug 2000Hartlebury Quarry, Whitelenge Lane, Hartlebury
Received 25 Sept 2002(Western portion of the former), Sandy Lane Quarry, Wildmoor, Worcestershire
Received 24 Oct 2022Plot H600, Oak Drive, Hartlebury Trading Estate, Hartlebury, DY10 4JB
Received 22 Aug 2016Hanbury C of E First School, School Road, Hanbury, Worcestershire, B60 4BS
Received 14 Jan 2026Land off Earls Common Road, Earls Common, Worcs
Received 25 Aug 2005Malvern sewage Treatment Works, Mill Lane, Malvern
Received 30 Jun 2006(Western portion of the former), Sandy Lane Quarry, Wildmoor, Worcestershire
Received 12 Sept 2022Land at Chapel Farm, Heath Farm, Beoley
Received 16 Feb 1984Nunnery Wood Primary School,Prestwich Avenue,Worcester,WR5 1QE
Received 8 Nov 2012Tenbury C. E. Primary School, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
Received 24 Dec 1998Pershore High School, Pershore
Received 11 Apr 2001Tenbury High School, Oldwood Road, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
Received 3 Apr 2001Droitwich Sewage Treatment Works, Porters Mill Lane, Ladywood, Nr Droitwich
Received 14 Oct 2005Evesham High School, Four Pools Road, Evesham, Worcs
Received 31 May 2007Unit 145, Hartlebury Trading Estate, Hartlebury, Kidderminster, DY104JB
Received 13 May 2019Land at Gorse Bank, Welland Road, Hanley Swan, Worcestershire
Received 20 Nov 2023Dyson Perrins High School, Yates Hay Road, Malvern, Worcs
Received 2 Jun 2006Roman Way First School, Colts Lane, Redditch, Worcs
Received 29 Mar 2007Records 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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