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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
50,917 approved · 7,626 refused · 4,429 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Feb 1982 to 11 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
THE HALL, MAIN STREET, ELMLEY CASTLE, NR PERSHORE WORCS
Received 8 Dec 2000Plot 4, Rossendale Close, Fernhill Heath, WR3 7PU
Received 14 Mar 200131 Agatha Gardens, Fernhill Heath, Worcester, WR3 8PB
Received 10 May 20121 Church Cottage, Ryden Lane, Charlton, Pershore, WR10 3LQ
Received 16 Jan 2004Adjacent to Shell Cottage, Shell, Droitwich
Received 27 Nov 1992Grange Farm The Green Rous Lench Evesham WR11 4UN
Received 10 Mar 2020Priory House, Friar Street, Droitwich Spa, WR9 8ED
Received 29 Jul 20044 Woodhall Close Ombersley Droitwich Spa WR9 0EG
Received 21 Oct 20224 Rose Avenue, Droitwich Spa, WR9 8QE
Received 15 Jan 20072A MERRYWELL COURT, Evesham Road, Offenham, Nr Evesham Worcs
Received 8 Dec 2000Keepers Lodge Worcester Road Drakes Broughton Pershore WR10 2AQ
Received 1 Dec 2023The Keep, Norton Barracks, Crookbarrow Road, Norton
Received 21 Oct 1994Evesham Town Hall Market Place Evesham WR11 4RW
Received 29 Apr 2019Ashton Under Hill Primary School, Elmley Road, Ashton under Hill, Evesham, WR11 7SW
Received 14 May 2012Urloxhey Farm Elmbridge Lane Elmbridge Droitwich Spa WR9 0NQ
Received 16 Jun 2025Land North of, Harrow Lane, Himbleton
Received 27 Oct 2016The Bungalow, Main Street, Elmley Castle, WR10 3HS
Received 15 Sept 2006Bute House, Hill Lane, Elmley Castle, WR10 3HU
Received 22 Jul 200514 Gallipoli Drive, Norton, Worcester, WR5 2PJ
Received 27 Apr 2001Old Rectory, Naunton Beauchamp, Pershore, WR10 2LQ
Received 6 Aug 2004The Chalet, Dog Lane, Upton Warren, Bromsgrove, B61 9HB
Received 8 Dec 2000Orchard House, Walkers Lane, Whittington, Worcester, WR5 2RE
Received 27 Apr 2017The Baches Lineholt Lane Uphampton Ombersley Droitwich Spa WR9 0JP
Received 19 Apr 2022Benedicts, Defford Road, Pershore, WR10 3BX
Received 19 Dec 2013Records 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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