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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 off Fox Lane, Green Street, Kempsey
Received 12 Mar 1999Crookbarrow Way,Whittington,Worcester,Worcestershire
Received 14 Aug 2014Shire Business Park, Worcester
Received 31 Mar 1992Hill & Moor Landfill Site, Throckmorton, Pershore
Received 7 Jun 2002Blakebrook School,Bewdley Road,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY11 6RQ
Received 22 Oct 2009Ryall House farm Quarry, Ryall, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Received 8 Dec 1999Baxter College,Habberley Road,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY11 5PQ
Received 13 Jun 2007Ripple East, Bow Lane, Ripple, Worcestershire, GL206EY
Received 1 Jul 2026Land adjacent to former Chadwich Lane Quarry, Chadwich Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Received 22 Apr 2022Finstall First School, Carnforth Road, Bromsgrove
Received 24 Feb 2003County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester
Received 26 Oct 2001Parkside Middle School, Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs
Received 5 Dec 2006Honeybourne First School, School Street, Evesham
Received 1 Aug 2002Waseley Hills High School, School Road, Rubery, Birmingham B45 9EL
Received 14 Jun 2006Elgar Technology College, Bilford Road, Worcester
Received 17 Nov 2003Land to the East and South of The Crucible Business Park, Norton, Worcester
Received 16 Jun 2021Pitmaston Primary School,Malvern Road,Worcester,WR2 4ZF
Received 28 Nov 2014South Bromsgrove High School, Charford Road, Bromsgrove
Received 17 Sept 1999Arrow Vale High School,Green Sward Lane,Redditch,Worcestershire,B98 0EN
Received 10 Jul 2007St Georges C Of E First School,Plane Tree Close,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY10 2HE
Received 9 Jan 2008Lea End Farm, Pertilence Lane, Alvechurch
Received 21 Oct 1983Chadwich Lane,Belbroughton,Stourbridge,Worcestershire,DY9 9XE
Received 2 Jun 2009Spennells First School,Heronswood Road,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY10 4EX
Received 14 May 2007Sedgeberrow CE First School,Main Street,Sedgeberrow,Evesham,WR11 7UF
Received 7 Oct 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.
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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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