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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Broadway Sewage Treatment Works, Land off Pry Lane, Broadway, WR12 7LP
Received 2 Nov 2023Lowesmoor Terrace,Worcester,WR1 2SB
Received 2 Feb 2011Perdiswell Primary School, Bilford Road, Worcester
Received 11 Feb 2005Childrens Home, 126 Barnards Green Road, Malvern, Worcestershire
Received 4 Mar 2002Forge House,Stourport Road,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY11 7QE
Received 4 Oct 2006Chawson Community First School, Wych Road, Droitwich, Worcs, WR9 8BW
Received 24 Nov 2004St Georges CE Primary School, Stevenson Avenue, Redditch, B98 8LU
Received 5 Feb 2019Blaze Lane, Hunt End, Redditch
Received 5 Jun 1987St. Peters Middle School, Lowland Lane, Redditch
Received 3 Apr 2000The Quarry, Sandy Lane, Wildmoor, Near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 0QR
Received 24 Jan 2022Wildmoor Quarry, Sandy Lane, Wildmoor, B61 0QR
Received 4 Jun 2020Land off Popes Lane, Astwood Bank, Redditch
Received 7 Aug 1988Aston Fields Middle School, Drummond Road, Bromsgrove
Received 26 Jun 1998Severn Meadows, Astley Burf
Received 25 Aug 2000Stanley Road Primary School,Stanley Road,Worcester,WR5 1BD
Received 14 Aug 2013Waste Incineration Unit, Hangmans Lane, Hanley Castle, WR8 0AJ
Received 3 Dec 2020St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Leamington Road, Broadway, WR12 7DZ
Received 1 Jun 2006Wribbenhall First School,Shaw Hedge Road,Bewdley,Worcestershire,DY12 1EX
Received 5 Mar 2007Access to Crookbarrow Farm located to th, Crookbarrow Farm, Whittington, Worcestershire, WR52RW
Received 27 Jul 2016Land at Bow Farm, Bow Lane, Ripple, Worcestershire
Received 26 Nov 2024Droitwich Spa Library, Victoria Square, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, WR9 8DQ
Received 10 Jun 2020County Youth Sailing Centre, Worcester Road, Upton Warren
Received 10 Dec 1998Field 3800, Broadway Road, Evesham
Received 23 Feb 2000Witton Middle School, Old Coach Road, Droitwich, WR9 8BD
Received 19 Dec 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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