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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Field off the B4090 Droitwich to Hanbury Road
Received 26 Jul 1993Nunnery Wood High School,Spetchley Road,Worcester,Worcestershire,WR5 2LT
Received 25 Jan 2008Meadows First School,Stourbridge Road,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire,B61 0AH
Received 9 Jan 2008Fields off Mill Lane, adj. to Strensham Waste Treatment Works, Strensham
Received 26 Sept 1991Grimley Sewage Treatment Works
Received 18 May 2000Land at Ryalls Court, Off Ryall's Court Lane, Holly Green Upton-upon-severn, WORCESTER, WR80PF
Received 31 Oct 2022St Kenelm's CE First School, Bromsgrove Road, Romsley, Halesowen
Received 7 Apr 2003Blackwell House Farm, Linthurst, New Town
Received 27 Mar 1984St Oswalds C Of E First School,Sion Avenue,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY10 2YL
Received 16 Nov 2007Red Hill C of E Primary School, Midhurst Close, WORCESTER, WR52HX
Received 30 Jan 2018Wildmoor Quarry, Sandy Lane, Wildmoor, Bromsgove
Received 27 Jun 2006Hagley Middle School, Park Road, Hagley, Worcs DY9 0NS
Received 13 May 2004Evesham High School, Four Pools Road, Evesham, WR11 1DQ
Received 7 Dec 2007Padstone Social Education Centre,Greenstone Annexe,Stourbridge Road,Bromsgrove,B61 0AD
Received 5 Mar 2007Hoobrook / Falling Sands,Kidderminster,Worcestershire
Received 24 Apr 2014Outdoor Education Centre,Worcester Road,Upton Warren,Worcestershire,B61 7ER
Received 28 Feb 2008Rivendell Windsor Street, Bromsgrove
Received 25 Nov 2002Elmley Castle C.E. First School, Main Street, Elmley Castle, Worcs. WR10 3HS.
Received 4 Sept 2003Worcester Southern Link Road, A4440 Temeside Way, Worcester
Received 27 Jun 2019Bengeworth Academy,Kings Road,Evesham,Worcestershire,WR11 3EU
Received 10 Jul 2014Severn Trent Water, Upton-upon-Severn Sewage Treatment Works site, Land to the south of New Street, Upton upon Severn, WR8 0SG
Received 20 Mar 2023Land adjacent to former Chadwich Lane Quarry, Chadwich Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Received 13 May 2021St Oswald's First School, Sion Avenue, Kidderminster, Worcs DY10 2YL
Received 10 Mar 2006Guinness Park Farm, Leigh Sinton, MALVERN, WR135EQ
Received 20 Sept 2019Records 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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