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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Worcester Sewage Treatment Works,Bromwich Road,Worcester,WR2 4ZP
Received 11 Mar 2015Powick CE Primary School, 42 Malvern Road, Powick ,Worcester, WR2 4RT
Received 20 Apr 2004Opposite Grange Farm, Wychbold
Received 29 Sept 1982Land adjacent to St Marys Ringway (A456) and Churchfields / Blackwell Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
Received 14 Oct 2019Caretakers Bungalow,Rigby Lane,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire,B60 2EW
Received 21 Jul 2008Lower Smite Farm Gypsy Site, Hindlip, Worcester
Received 11 Jan 2005Offenham C. E. First School, Myatt Road, Offenham
Received 27 Nov 1998Upton Warren Outdoor Education Centre,Worcester Road,Upton Warren,Bromsgrove,B61 7ER
Received 23 Apr 2013Abberley Primary School, Abberley
Received 1 Jun 1998Grove Primary School,Pickersleigh Grove,Malvern,Worcestershire,WR14 2LU
Received 18 Jun 2014PROW Depot, Hangmans Lane, Hanley Swan
Received 3 Apr 2000St. Catherine's CE Primary School,Marlpool Lane,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY11 5HP
Received 12 Dec 2012Cleanaway,Sandy Lane,Wildmoor,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire,B61 0QT
Received 8 Dec 2005Sewage Pumping Station,Finstall Road,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire,B60 2EJ
Received 7 Oct 2013Finstall First School,Carnforth Road,Bromsgrove,B60 2HS
Received 29 Nov 2007Whittington Sewage Treatment Works, Walkers Lane, Whittington
Received 21 Jul 2006The Grove Junior School, Malvern
Received 16 Sept 2002Rigby Hall School,Rigby Lane,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire,B60 2EP
Received 31 Jul 2008Former Nursery Building,Sidemoor First School,Broad Street,Bromsgrove,Worcs
Received 10 May 2007Severn Meadows, Astley Burf
Received 30 May 2001Stockend Farm, Hampton Lovett, Droitwich
Received 8 Jul 1983Bredon Hill School, Elmley Road, Ashton Under Hill, Worcs
Received 28 Apr 2005The Mulberry Bush,Heightington Road,Rock,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY14 9SX
Received 25 Nov 2014Part of Broadway Bypass adj. to Lower View house
Received 17 Mar 1997Records 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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