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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Norton Juxta Kempsey C. E. First School, Wadborough Road, Littleworth
Received 28 Jun 2000Ryall House Farm, Ryall, Upton on Severn
Received 5 Jun 1995The Land facing Webbs Garden Centre, next door to Upton Warren Leisure Centre
Received 10 Jul 1985Worcester Southern Link Road, A4440 Temeside Way, Worcester
Received 4 Sept 2020Blackstone Quarry, Land North of Lickhill Quarry, West of Bewdley Road North, Stourport on Severn, Worcs
Received 29 Mar 2007St. Richard's C. of E. First School, Four Pools Lane, Evesham, Worcs. WR11 1DU
Received 7 Jul 2003Land adj. to High Green Farm, High Green, Severn Stoke
Received 22 Jul 1999Former Landfill Site on land off Riverview Close, Worcester
Received 27 Apr 1999Chaddesley Corbett Endowed Primary School,The Village,Chaddesley Corbett,Kidderminster,Worcestershire,DY10 4SD
Received 5 Mar 2007Former Hunt End Sewage Works, Feckenham Road, Hunt End
Received 6 May 1993Hartlebury Castle County Museum, Nr Kidderminster, DY11 7XZ
Received 14 Apr 2005Hanbury CE First School, School Road, Hanbury, Bromsgrove, Worcs, B60 4BS
Received 22 Nov 2004Hill And Moor Landfill Site,Piddle Brook Lane,Wyre Piddle,Pershore,Worcs,WR10 2LW
Received 29 Dec 2009Fields south of Strensham Water Treatment Works adj. to the River Avon, Bredon Fields farm
Received 7 Oct 1991Unit 15 B, Wilden Industrial Estate, Stourport
Received 30 May 1997Lickey Hills Primary School and Nursery, Old Birmingham Road, LICKEY, B45 8EU
Received 6 Feb 2017Bewdley High School, Stourport Road, Wribbenhall, Bewdley
Received 4 Oct 2001Manor Park School, Turnpike Close, Oldbury Road, Worcester
Received 3 Aug 2006Waste Incineration Unit, Hangmans Lane, Hanley Castle, WR8 0AJ
Received 26 Nov 2019Lower Strensham, Worcestershire
Received 29 Aug 2000Broomhall Way (Southern Link Road A4440), Worcester, Worcestershire
Received 10 Jan 2019Stourport Civic Centre,New Street,Stourport-On-Severn,Worcestershire,DY13 8UJ
Received 6 Nov 2013EnviroSort, Off Woodbury Lane, Norton, Worcestershire, WR5 2PU
Received 21 Jun 2018Hollyoakes Field First School, Bridge Street, Redditch
Received 4 Oct 2001Records 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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