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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Biffa Waste Services Ltd.,Whitlenge Lane,Hartlebury,DY10 4HB
Received 4 Sept 2012Aston Fields Middle School, Bromsgrove
Received 1 Jun 2000Adj. to M5/50, Row lane, Ripple
Received 10 Feb 1982Sandy Lane Industrial Estate, Stourport on Severn, Worcs, DY13 9QB
Received 26 Aug 2004OS 7500, Lower Moor, Pershore
Received 1 Sept 1988Powick C. E. Primary School, Malvern Road, Powick, Worcester
Received 1 Sept 2000Rose Hill School, Winderemere Drive, Worcester, WR4 9JL
Received 14 Jul 2005St Wulstan's R.C. Primary School, Almond Way, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs. DY13 8UA
Received 10 Jan 2003Meadows First School,Stourbridge Road,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire,B61 0AH
Received 21 Apr 2009Bromsgrove and Redditch District
Received 18 Jul 2005Nunnery Wood High School, Spetchley Road, Worcester
Received 30 Nov 2007Cooksey Lodge Farm, Upton Warren, Bromsgrove
Received 29 Nov 2004Holywell Primary School, School Road, Rubery, Rednal, Birmingham, B45 9EL
Received 20 Jan 2005Grove House Yard,Tewkesbury Road,Upton Upon Severn,Worcestershire,WR8 0PW
Received 28 Sept 2011Earls Court Farm, Bromyard Road, Worcester
Received 3 Apr 2002Lydstep, Cleeve Road, Middle Littleton, Evesham, WR11 8JT
Received 13 Jan 2016Causeway Meadow Farm, Stoke Works, Bromsgrove
Received 17 Oct 2001Broadway Quarry,Fish Hill,Broadway,Worcestershire,WR12 7LL
Received 11 Apr 2008Baxter College,Habberley Road,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY11 5PQ
Received 15 Apr 2013Clent Parochial First School, Bromsgrove Road, Holy Cross, Clent
Received 13 May 2003Site adj. Houndsfield Lane, Shirley, Solihull
Received 4 Mar 1987Land adj. to The Brays, Mathon
Received 11 Nov 1986Monkwood Green Sewage Treatment Works, Land off Wichenford Road, Monkwood Green
Received 8 Apr 1997St. Oswald's CE Primary School,Sion Avenue,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY10 2YL
Received 16 Mar 2012Records 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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