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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
44,933 approved · 6,629 refused · 4,039 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 1982 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 9 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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17 Lower Drive, Besford, Worcester, WR8 9AH
Received 18 Apr 2011Whitehaven May Tree Road Lower Moor WR10 2NY
Received 5 May 2021THE NORTH RANGE, COURT FARM, WORCESTER ROAD, UPTON SNODSBURY, WORCS
Received 8 Dec 2000Church House, The Village, Hartlebury, Kidderminster, DY11 7TD
Received 8 Dec 2000The Butts, Village Street, NORTH PIDDLE, WR7 4PT
Received 2 May 2017158 The Ridgeway, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6NJ
Received 29 May 2001Land at, and between Pike House and, Lynton, Chadbury Road, Chadbury, Evesham, WR11 4TD
Received 16 Nov 2004Barn and Land At (OS 9054 3866) Showborough Road Strensham
Received 15 Jan 2024Evesham Foods Ltd, St. Richards Road, Four Pools Industrial Estate, Evesham, WR11 6DP
Received 24 Aug 2001Pond Close Farm, 87 High Street, Broadway, WR12 7AL
Received 17 Aug 2012Stoulton Garage, Pershore Road, Stoulton, WR7 4DR
Received 14 Mar 2006Cotswold Court The Green Broadway
Received 26 Sept 2025The Upper House, Nightingale Lane, Cleeve Prior, WR11 8LA
Received 16 Nov 2006BRIAR CLOSE BUSINESS PARK, Briar Close, EVESHAM, Worcs WR11 4JQ
Received 8 Dec 2000Qinetiq Defford, Defford, Worcester, WR8
Received 5 Feb 20033 Grange Road, Bretforton, Evesham, WR11 7HR
Received 19 Feb 2016Land Adjoining, Barnfield, Main Street, Bishampton, Pershore, WR10 2NH
Received 18 Aug 200325 Brewers Lane Badsey Evesham WR11 7EU
Received 21 Oct 2025Hickley Piece Little Comberton Pershore WR10 3HG
Received 21 Apr 2022Garden Adjacent, Hilltop House, Hill Top Lane, Ombersley, WR9 0ES
Received 13 Mar 2003The Scout Centre, Albert Road, Evesham, Worcs
Received 8 Dec 200011 Victoria Square, Droitwich Spa, WR9 8DH
Received 20 Dec 2016Discovery Motors, Wychbold Garage, Worcester Road, Wychbold, Droitwich Spa, WR9 7PE
Received 9 Nov 2010Site at Sewage Works and at, Hartlebury Trading Estate, Hartlebury
Received 9 Nov 2009Records 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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