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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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: 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
A boundary map is not available for this authority yet. Use council conservation-area and Article 4 guidance above where linked.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land off Newtown Road, Worcester
Received 19 Jan 2023Pickersleigh Road, Madresfield Road, Malvern, WR14 2BL
Received 16 Nov 2007Blackpole Recycling Limited,Blackpole Trading Estate (West),Worcester,WR3 8TJ
Received 23 Mar 2012Pershore Sewage Treatment Works,Pershore,Worcestershire
Received 30 Dec 2010Hilary Road, Stourport
Received 7 Jun 2005Former Valecrest Site, Evesham Road, Fladbury, Worcestershire, WR10 2QR
Received 10 Oct 2024Finstall First School, Carnforth Road, Bromsgrove
Received 26 Oct 2001On 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 26 Sept 2023Land adjacent to St Marys Ringway (A456) and Churchfields/Blackwell Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Received 17 Jun 2019Tenbury High School, Oldwood Road, Tenbury Wells, Worcs
Received 17 Jul 2003The Grove Primary School,Pickersleigh Grove,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2LU
Received 25 May 2010Land at Saxon's Lode, Ryall Quarry
Received 14 Mar 2006St Marys C Of E First School,Lyndhurst Drive,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY10 2PU
Received 21 Mar 2007Energy from Waste Facility, Hartlebury Trading Estate, Land Off Oak Lane, Hartlebury, Worcestershire
Received 14 Jul 2016St George's Ce First School, Plane Tree close, Kidderminster
Received 9 Jan 2008Claybank Farm, Tanworth Lane, Beoley
Received 16 Nov 1981Bengeworth First School, Burford Road, Evesham, Worcs, WR11 5AQ
Received 6 Jul 2005Regency High School,Carnforth Drive,Worcester,WR4 9JL
Received 27 Jul 2011Quarry area on west side of A44 at Fish , Broadway Quarry, Fish Hill, Broadway, WR12 7LB
Received 11 May 2020Brighter Futures Nursery,Poolbrook Centre,Bluebell Close,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 3SW
Received 17 Apr 2014Lickhill Quarry, Bewdley Road North, Stourport on Severn
Received 28 Jun 1982The Fairfield Nursery And Children's Centre,Fairfield Close,Worcester,WR4 9TX
Received 5 Jan 2011D N A, Malvern Hills Science Park, Geraldine Road, MALVERN, WR143SZ
Received 19 Sept 2016Holly Green Sewage Pumping Station,A4104,Holly Green,Worcestershire
Received 21 Sept 2011Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage