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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2,117 approved · 105 refused · 144 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Part of field No. 0082, Strensham Lane, Lower Strensham
Received 10 Jul 1992Hanbury Wharf, Droitwich
Received 9 Mar 2000On land including and between Gheluvelt Park, Waterworks Road on the east side of the River Severn and the restored landfill site, Hallow Road, on the west side of the River Severn, Worcester, Worcestershire
Received 10 Oct 2024Envirosort,Off Woodbury Lane,Norton,Worcestershire,WR5 2PU
Received 19 Dec 2014Concrete Mix Depot, Terrace Road, Pinvin
Received 31 Jan 1984Land north of Lickhill Quarry, Bewdley Road North, Stourport on Severn
Received 6 Feb 1997Catshill Youth Centre, Catshill Middle School, Meadow Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove B61 0JW
Received 20 Jan 2004Hallow Sewage Treatment Works,Hallow,Worcestershire
Received 8 Feb 2011Land Adj to Chadwich Lane Quarry, Chadwich Lane, Madeley Heath, Bromsgrove
Received 26 Oct 2005East Lodge farm, Bromsgrove (West M5)
Received 29 Apr 1985St Mary's CE Primary School, Lynhurst Drive, Broadwaters, Kidderminster, Worcs DY10 2PU
Received 21 Mar 2007Old Road, Clifton upon Teme
Received 16 Feb 2006Barnards Green Water Reclamation Works, Mill Lane, MALVERN, WR14 3QS
Received 21 Aug 2015St Barnabas C Of E First And Middle School,Stonebow Road,Drakes Broughton,Worcestershire,WR10 2AW
Received 7 Jul 2010Bredon Hill Middle School, Ashton-under-Hill, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 6SW
Received 1 Mar 2002Lower Heath Gypsy Site, Watery Lane, Stourport on Severn
Received 5 Dec 2001Catshill Middle School, Meadow Road, Catshill, Bromsgrove
Received 24 Jun 2004Digaway Clearaway At, Grove House Yard, WR80PW
Received 21 Jan 2021Bromsgrove A38 Infrastructure Scheme, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Received 16 Nov 2021Hanbury C. E. First School, Hanbury
Received 10 Dec 1998The Brickworks, Hartlebury
Received 3 Jul 1985Upper Arley CE First School,Arley Lane,Arley,Bewdley,Worcestershire,DY12 1XA
Received 9 Mar 2012Land adjoining to Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, WR5 1DD
Received 31 Jul 2024Napleton Farm, Green Street, Kempsey
Received 7 Oct 1991Records 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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