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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Arrow Vale High School, Green Sward Lane, Matchborough West, Redditch
Received 25 Nov 1999Salters Lane, Tyddesley Wood, Pershore
Received 16 Apr 2003Droitwich Spa High School, Briar Mill, Droitwich Spa, Worcs, WR9 0AA
Received 2 Feb 2007Land between the A44/B4083 roundabout and the Wyre Road/Ascot road roundabout, Pershore, Worcestershire
Received 16 Apr 2021Bilford Road, Worcester
Received 7 Mar 2000South Bromsgrove High School, Charford Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs, B60 3NL
Received 18 Feb 2004North Bromsgrove High School, Stratford, Bromsgrove, Worcs, B60 1BA
Received 18 Feb 2004Unit 9c Chadwick Bank Industrial Estate,Stourport Road,Chadwick Bank,Worcestershire,DY13 9QW
Received 13 Aug 2009Land adj. to Lower Tookeys farm, The Saltway, Feckenham
Received 4 May 1999Wildmoor Quarry, Sandy Lane, Nr Fairfield, Worcestershire
Received 20 Oct 1998Waste Transfer Station, Cinetic Sand Quarry, Sandy Lane, Wildmoor
Received 9 Aug 1998Land between Tagwell Road & M5 Motorway, Droitwich
Received 29 Dec 1986Trinity High School, Easemore Road, Redditch B98 8HB
Received 23 Dec 2003Tenbury High School, Oldwood Road, Tenbury Wells, Worcs, WR5 9EL
Received 16 May 2005The Recycling Centre, Stanier Road, Warndon, Worcester
Received 21 Dec 1999The Forge Recycling Centre,The Forge,Stourport Road,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY11 7QE
Received 31 May 2011The Grange Home for Older People, 162 Sutton Park Road, Kidderminster, DY11 6LF
Received 19 Jan 2005Simon De Montfort Middle School, Four Pools Lane, Evesham, Worcs WR11 6DH
Received 11 Nov 2003On land between Pershore Road in Hampton on the West side of the River Avon and Evesham Leisure Centre on the East side of the River Avon, Evesham, Worcestershire
Received 23 Aug 2026Comberton First School,Borrington Road,Kidderminster,DY10 3ED
Received 9 Oct 2007Sandy Lane, Wildmoor, Bromsgrove
Received 3 Aug 1988Ripple Quarry, Ripple, Nr Tewkesbury
Received 21 Aug 2000Field at Sandy Lane, Sedgeberrow
Received 22 Nov 1988Youth Offenders Centre, Tolladine Road, Worcester
Received 13 Jan 2006Records 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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