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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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County Youth Sailing Centre, Worcester Road, Upton Warren
Received 23 Apr 1998Clifton Quarry,Clifton Arles Wood,Severn Stoke,Worcester,WR8 9JE
Received 28 Mar 2024Broomhall Way (Southern Link Road A4440), Worcester, Worcestershire
Received 30 Mar 2020Lower Smite Farm Gypsy Site, Hindlip, Worcester
Received 18 Aug 2004Kempsey Primary School, Kempsey, Worcester
Received 19 Apr 2000Riverside Park Area,To The East Of River Severn,Adj To Grandstand Road,Worcester
Received 4 Aug 2009Harvington C. E. First School, Village Street, Harvington, Evesham
Received 31 Oct 2000Hartlebury CE First School, The Village, Hartlebury, Kidderminster, Worcs
Received 29 Aug 2006Pelican Oils Limited,Unit 6 Barracks Road,Sandy Lane Industrial Estate,Stourport On Severn,DY13 9QB
Received 8 Jul 2011Ball Mill Quarry (Church Farm), Grimley
Received 7 May 2002Land off Navigation Road, Diglis Industrial Estate, Worcester
Received 11 Jun 1987Lickey End first School, Bromsgrove
Received 15 Feb 2007Land to the rear (south and east) of Liberty Aluminium Foundry, Stourport Road, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 7QE
Received 6 Aug 2024Land on New Road, Worcester
Received 10 Aug 2017Dyson Perrins High School, Yates Hay Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 1WD.
Received 28 Aug 2003Land South West Of Vine Cottage,Coles Green,Leigh Sinton,Malvern,Worcs
Received 29 Jul 2009Land between the A44/B4083 roundabout and the Wyre Road/Ascot road roundabout, Pershore, Worcestershire
Received 8 Jul 2021Wolverley High School, Blakeshall Lane, Wolverley, Worcestershire, DY11 5XQ
Received 29 Mar 2023St Johns Library,Glebe Close,St Johns,Worcester,WR2 5AX
Received 14 Jul 2009Stour Hill Quarry, Wilden Lane, Stourport on Severn
Received 14 Jan 1987Ryall Court Farm, Ryall Court Lane, Holly Green, Upton Upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0PF
Received 23 Dec 2022Parkside Middle School, Stourbridge Road, Bromsgrove
Received 19 Apr 2000Pinvin Junction located on the A44
Received 27 Aug 2019Land Off Bibsworth Lane,Broadway,Worcestershire,WR12 7EH
Received 3 Jul 2014Records 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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