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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Burlish Park Primary School,Windermere Way,Stourport On Severn,Worcestershire,DY13 8LA
Received 24 Jul 2012Stoney Lane Industrial Estate, Redsands Road, Kidderminster
Received 13 Dec 1999Land west of Ickniedl Street, Beoley
Received 16 Dec 1997Worcester Southern Link Road, A4440 Temeside Way, Worcester
Received 15 Jun 2018Evesham High School, Four Pools Road, Evesham, Worcestershire
Received 10 Jan 2002Part of OS field 8721, Claphall Lane, Rushwick
Received 24 Nov 1998Land at Brockhill East adjacent to Lowan's Hill Farm, Redditch, Worcestershire
Received 8 Jun 2016Tenbury High School,Oldwood Road,Tenbury Wells,Worcestershire,WR15 8XA
Received 7 Dec 2007Popes Lane, Astwood Bank, Redditch
Received 10 Jun 1986Kingsley College,Woodrow Drive,Redditch,Worcestershire,B98 7UH
Received 9 Mar 2011Kidderminster Railway Station,Station Approach,Comberton Hill,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY10 1QZ
Received 13 May 2010Land To The East And South Of The Crucible Business Park, Norton, Worcester
Received 13 Feb 2020Vale of Evesham Special School, Four Pools Lane, Evesham
Received 11 Apr 2001Franche Primary School, Chestnut Grove, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5QB
Received 2 Jun 2017Droitwich Magistrates Court, Ombersley Street East, Droitwich, Worcs. WR9 8QS
Received 13 Jun 2003Land adj. Perdiswell, Droitwich Road, Worcester
Received 12 Apr 2000Midlands Reclamation Waste Limited,Long Marston Road,Long Marston,Worcestershire,CV37 8AQ
Received 24 Mar 2014Haylers End Energy Recovery Plant, Haylers End Energy Recovery Plant, Hangmans Lane, Hanley Castle, WORCESTER, WR80AJ
Received 3 Apr 2023Hanley Castle High School, Church End, Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, WR8 0BL
Received 11 Jan 2002Lickhill Quarry, Bewdley Road North
Received 26 Feb 1987Sewage Pumping Station,Church Street,Tenbury Wells,Worcestershire
Received 4 Jan 2007Lower Heath County Caravan park, (Watery lane), Stourport on Severn
Received 26 Feb 2007The Forge, Stourport Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 7QE
Received 24 Mar 2023Land at Bow Farm, Bow Lane, Ripple, Worcestershire
Received 23 Mar 2026Records 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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