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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 · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Wychavon District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Wychavon website
43,191 approved · 6,347 refused · 3,902 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jan 1997 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Solar Farm Off Broad Lane Bishampton
Received 8 Jul 202227 Morton Road Fernhill Heath Worcester WR3 7UB
Received 2 Dec 20191 Lower Drive, Besford, WR8 9AH
Received 13 Sept 20074 Rectory Close Harvington Evesham WR11 8NW
Received 2 Sept 2022Land off, Lime Street, Evesham
Received 14 May 2010Old Manor Cottage, Manor Lane, Little Comberton, WR10 3ER
Received 29 Dec 2005Yew Tree Cottage, Yock Lane, Wick, Pershore, WR10 3NS
Received 11 Mar 200333 Maytree Hill Droitwich Spa WR9 7QU
Received 17 Sept 2019Manor Farm, Elmbridge, Droitwich Spa, WR9 0NH
Received 18 Mar 200516 Leigh Grove, Droitwich Spa, WR9 9LD
Received 28 May 2008Vine Cottage, Russell Street, Great Comberton, Pershore, WR10 3DT
Received 30 Dec 20141 Lifford Gardens, Broadway, WR12 7DA
Received 22 Dec 200533 Hill View, Defford, WR8 9BH
Received 9 Dec 2005Long Acres Abbots Morton Road Abbots Morton WORCESTER WR7 4NA
Received 15 Jul 2025Harefield Farm, Berry Lane, Upton Warren, Bromsgrove, B61 9HA
Received 23 Dec 2013Dilmore House, 254 Droitwich Road, Fernhill Heath, Worcester, WR3 7UL
Received 24 Feb 2017Land at, Edgioake Lane, Astwood Bank, REDDITCH
Received 8 Dec 2000The Leys Kington Lane Kington Worcester WR7 4DH
Received 14 Feb 2023Hopyard Farm, Bourne Road, Defford, WR8 9BS
Received 5 May 2017Westmead Residential Care Home, Ledwych Road, DROITWICH, Worcs
Received 8 Dec 2000Hutchison 3G Rooftop Site, 54 High Street, Evesham
Received 28 Jul 2015Bew Hill Farm Stratford Road Honeybourne Evesham WR11 8PR
Received 21 Oct 202445 Shrubbery Road Drakes Broughton Pershore WR10 2BE
Received 28 Jan 2021Grove Farm, Grafton Flyford, Worcester, WR7 4PR
Received 21 Dec 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 Wychavon District 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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