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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
45,601 approved · 6,716 refused · 4,065 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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71 Friar Street Droitwich Spa WR9 8EQ
Received 1 Jul 2020Land rear of, 1 Orchard Cottages, Cooksey Green Lane, Cooksey Green
Received 14 May 2012Land off Hill Lane Hanbury B60 4HX
Received 22 Jul 2024Westall Court, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6JY
Received 12 Jan 2011Tudor Court, Saleway, Droitwich, Worcestershire, WR9 7JY
Received 8 Dec 2000Land Adjacent Kilbury Drive off, Spetchley Road, Spetchley
Received 9 Jul 2015Havard and Co Ltd, Blackminster, Badsey, Evesham, WR11 7TE
Received 3 Jun 2013Hay Lane Farm, Hay Lane, Shernal Green, Droitwich Spa, WR9 7JD
Received 4 May 20107 Greenfields Close Drakes Broughton WR10 2BD
Received 26 Apr 2021Nightingale Orchards, Longdon Hill, Wickhamford
Received 15 Nov 2013The Pound, Westmancote, Bredon, GL20 7ES
Received 23 May 2017Ombersley Court Holt Fleet Road Ombersley Droitwich Spa WR9 0HH
Received 24 Feb 2020The Grange, Grange Lane, Claines, WR3 7RR
Received 9 Oct 2006Elm Cottage, Grafton Flyford, WORCESTER
Received 8 Dec 2000Sunnymede, Abbotswood, Evesham, WR11 4NS
Received 29 Jun 2015M H F (UK) Ltd The Nathan, Evesham Road, INKBERROW, WR7 4LN
Received 26 May 2017Land At (Os 8880 6158) Joynes Road Copcut Droitwich Spa
Received 8 Jun 2026Kirkside Twitchams Lane Childswickham Broadway WR12 7HG
Received 20 Jul 202611 Victoria Square Droitwich Spa WR9 8DH
Received 8 Apr 2021Far Field, Boreley Lane, Ombersley, WR9 0HU
Received 8 Dec 20002 Spa Road, Droitwich Spa, WR9 8RG
Received 15 Mar 2016The River School, Oakfield House, 270 Droitwich Road, Fernhill Heath, WR3 7ST
Received 8 Dec 2000Blacksmiths Cottage Chatley Lane Chatley Droitwich Spa WR9 0AP
Received 9 May 2018Home Farm, St. Peters Lane, Besford, WR8 9AP
Received 8 Aug 2005Records 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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