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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Powick Sewage Treatment Works, Powick, Worcestershire, WV2 4SP
Received 23 Feb 2006Rushwick Primary School, Upper Wick Lane, Rushwick, Worcestershire, WR2 5SU
Received 27 Jun 2016Merriman's Hill Road/Green Lane, Worcester
Received 26 Apr 2001Land At (os 7792 4781),Frederick Road,Malvern,Worcestershire
Received 17 May 2007Land adjacent to former Chadwich Lane Quarry, Chadwich Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Received 30 Mar 2021Crookbarrow Farm, Whittington Road, Whittington, Worcestershire, WR5 2RW
Received 17 Dec 2015Burlish Park First School, Stourport-on-Severn
Received 13 Mar 2007Pt OS 5100, Broomhall Farm, Norton Barracks
Received 19 Aug 1992Prince Henry High School, Evesham
Received 24 Dec 1999St Marks Church,Orchard Street,Worcester,Worcestershire,WR5 3DW
Received 11 Aug 2011Callow End CE Primary School, Upton Road, Callow End, Worcester
Received 19 Sept 2006Hoobrook Household Waste Site, Worcester Road, Kidderminster, DY10 1LB
Received 21 Dec 2007All Saints C Of E School,Wilden Lane,Stourport On Severn,Stourport-On-Severn,Worcestershire,DY13 9LP
Received 24 Aug 2010Pershore High School, Station Road, Pershore
Received 4 Jul 2002Pitcheroak School,Willow Way,Redditch,Worcestershire,B97 6PQ
Received 17 Aug 2012Holyoakes Field First School, Holyoakes Field First School, Bridge Street, REDDITCH, B976HH
Received 24 Jun 2021Salters Lane, Lower Moor
Received 6 Mar 1981Withy Pool OS 4353, near Charlton Cemetary, Cropthorne, Nr Pershore
Received 5 Dec 1988Broomhall Way (Southern Link Road A4440), Worcester, Worcestershire
Received 13 May 2019Tenbury CE Primary School,Bromyard Road,Tenbury Wells,Worcestershire,WR15 8BS
Received 26 Apr 2013Marlbrook Landfill Site, Bromsgrove
Received 4 Jul 1983Upton Warren Outdoor Education Centre, Worcester Road, Upton Warren, Bromsgrove, Worcs, B61 7ER
Received 16 Dec 2003Ashton under Hill First School, Elmley Road, Ashton under Hill, Evesham, Worcs, WR11 6SW
Received 21 Jan 2004Household Waste Site, Bilford Road, Worcester
Received 21 May 2001Records 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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