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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Hanley Castle High School, Church End, Hanley Castle
Received 5 Mar 2007Alvechurch Sewage Works,Redditch Road,Alvechurch,Birmingham,Worcestershire,B48 7RT
Received 20 Aug 2009Nunnery Wood High School, Spetchley Road, Worcester
Received 3 Mar 2005Offmore First School, Wordsworth Crescent, Kidderminster, DY10 3HA
Received 9 Feb 2006Baxter College, Habberley Road, KIDDERMINSTER, DY115PQ
Received 5 Jul 2019Land to the East and South of The Crucible Business Park, Norton, Worcester
Received 28 Aug 2019Weights Farm, Weights Lane, Beoley
Received 29 Sept 1992Land on New Road, Worcester
Received 30 May 2018Area 7, Norton, Worcs
Received 19 Jun 2006Matchborough West Meeting Rooms,Clifton Close,Redditch,Worcestershire,B98 0HF
Received 30 Mar 2009St Oswalds Primary School, Sion Avenue, Kidderminster, DY10 2YL
Received 16 Nov 2007Three Cocks Lane Sewage Pumping Station, Offenham
Received 9 Aug 1999The Leys High School, Woodrow Drive, Redditch
Received 3 Apr 2000Land at New Farm, Besford
Received 31 Dec 1990Upton-upon-Severn Church of England Primary School, School Lane, Upton-upon-Severn
Received 23 Apr 2002Hoobrook Industrial Estate, Off Worcester Road, Kidderminster
Received 20 May 2003Ashton Under Hill Primary School,Elmley Road,Ashton Under Hill,Worcestershire,WR11 7SW
Received 18 Jun 2008Sandy Lane, Bromsgrove
Received 3 Nov 1999Sewage Works,Back Lane,Beckford,Worcestershire,GL20 7AF
Received 24 Aug 2009Lane to the north of Grimley Village
Received 2 Mar 2000Beales Corner,Stourport Road,Bewdley,Worcestershire,DY12 1AF
Received 10 Nov 2011M R W Ltd, Mickleton To Long Marston Road, Long Marston, Pebworth, CV37 8AQ
Received 7 Jan 2020Hagley Primary School,Park Road,Hagley,Stourbridge,Worcestershire,DY9 0NS
Received 10 Sept 2009Batchley First School,Cherry Tree Walk,Redditch,Worcestershire,B97 6PD
Received 14 Aug 2013Records 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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