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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Wolverley C Of E Secondary School, Wolverley High School, Blakeshall Lane, Wolverley, KIDDERMINSTER, Worcestershire, DY115XQ
Received 19 Jun 2023Mill Farm Sandpits, Wildmoor Lane, Chadwich, Bromsgrove
Received 29 Jan 1996St Georges C Of E Primary School,St Georges Lane North,Worcester,Worcestershire,WR1 1RD
Received 17 Mar 2008Pitcheroak Special School, Willow Way, Batchley, Redditch
Received 25 Jul 2002Baggeridge Brick, Hartlebury
Received 27 Mar 2003Summerway Landfill, Hillary Road, Stourport in Severn
Received 11 Feb 2008Batchley First School, Cherry Tree Walk, Redditch
Received 5 Nov 2001Land to the east and south of Crucible Business Park, Norton, Worcestershire
Received 15 Nov 2019Former Ball Mill Quarry, Grimley
Received 24 Jan 1996Former Nursery Building, Sidemoor First School, Broad Street, Bromsgrove
Received 10 May 2007Bromsgrove High School, Charford Road, Bromsgrove
Received 3 Aug 2006Stourport High School,Kingsway,Stourport On Severn,Stourport-On-Severn,Worcestershire,DY13 8NH
Received 18 Jan 200734 Station Road,Blackwell,Bromsgrove,Worcestershire,B60 1PZ
Received 22 Oct 2014Lickey Hills Primary School,Old Birmingham Road,Rednal,Birmingham,B45 8EU
Received 15 Aug 2012Broadway Sewage Treatment Works (STW),Pry's Lane,Broadway,Worcestershire,WR12 7HB
Received 23 May 2012Drakes Lea, Benegeworth,Evesham
Received 26 Jan 2006Land between Walton Lane & Hartlebury Industrial Estate
Received 22 Jul 1987Tenbury High School, Oldwood Road, Tenbury Wells, Worcs. WR15 8XA
Received 21 Jul 2003Mailes Skips and Recycling Guinness Park Farm, A4103 Leigh Sinton, MALVERN, WR13 5EQ
Received 5 Feb 2018Christopher Whitehead Language College, Bromwich Road, Worcester
Received 13 Sept 2007Hill & Moor Landfill Site, Hill and Moor Landfill Site, Piddle Brook Lane, Wyre Piddle, PERSHORE, WR102LW
Received 23 Aug 2023Franche First School, Chestnut Grove, Kidderminster
Received 7 Apr 2003Warndon Library, Cranham Drive, Worcester
Received 9 Jun 2003On land at the Aston Fields Industrial Estate, Aston Road, Bromsgrove, Worcs. B60.
Received 22 Aug 2003Records 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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