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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
47,728 approved · 7,098 refused · 4,209 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 1982 to 9 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Land off Baughton Lane, Strensham, WORCESTER
Received 8 Dec 2000The Cottage, Hill Lane, Elmley Castle, Pershore, WR10 3HU
Received 8 Dec 2000Unit 2, Four Pools Retail Park, Four Pools Lane, Evesham, WR11 1DJ
Received 14 Jan 20087 Berkeley Close Whittington Worcester WR5 2RF
Received 12 Jul 2021The Pantiles Badgers Hill to Handgate Lane Sheriffs Lench WR11 4SN
Received 13 Mar 2018St James Church Rectory Lane Birlingham
Received 14 Oct 2025Dormers Oak Lane Bredon Tewkesbury GL20 7LR
Received 30 Jul 202617 St. Milburgh Close, Offenham, Evesham, WR11 5RJ
Received 19 Feb 2002Co-op Welcome, Bibsworth Avenue, Broadway, WR12 7BH
Received 1 Oct 2003Green Gables, Pershore Road, Evesham, WR11 2PL
Received 26 Apr 2007Land And Stables To The West Of Ivy Lane Bretforton
Received 31 Oct 2025Weathervane, Vicarage Lane, Childswickham, Broadway, WR12 7HL
Received 28 Oct 2009The Cressey Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7RH
Received 27 May 2020The Old Vicarage, Vicarage Lane, Childswickham, Broadway, WR12 7HL
Received 18 May 20158 Homestead Close, Bredon, Tewkesbury, GL20 7NN
Received 25 Jul 2002Cross Cottage, Holt Fleet Lane, Holt Heath, Holt Fleet
Received 27 Oct 2016THE THATCHED COTTAGE, HILL LANE, ELMLEY CASTLE, NR PERSHORE WORCS
Received 8 Dec 2000Swinleigh House, Elmley Road, Ashton under Hill, WR11 7SW
Received 26 Sept 20068B Pensham Hill, Pensham, Pershore
Received 3 Feb 2015Glebe Farm, Grafton, Tewkesbury, GL20 7AT
Received 29 Aug 2003Land Off, School Street, Honeybourne
Received 9 Jul 2015Home Farm, St Peters Lane, Besford, Worcester, WR8 9AP
Received 5 Jan 2009The Penns, Chapel Lane, Westmancote, Bredon, Tewkesbury, GL20 7ER
Received 16 May 2008The Paddocks, Comhampton Lane, Dunhampton, Ombersley
Received 1 Dec 2015Records 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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