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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
55,032 approved · 8,882 refused · 4,722 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jan 1980 to 11 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oak Farm, Ombersley Road, Bevere, Worcester, WR3 7RH
Received 22 Jun 20152 Babylon Lane, Bishampton, Pershore, WR10 2NN
Received 13 Mar 20133 Owl Hill Bungalow Owlhill Lane Lineholt Ombersley Stourport On Severn DY13 9SS
Received 23 May 2023Hardings Court Head Street Pershore
Received 2 Sept 2025Cotswold Design Centre, Kennel Lane, Broadway, Worcs
Received 8 Dec 200071 The Ridgeway, New End, Astwood Bank, Redditch, B96 6NL
Received 17 May 2012W D Jelfs Nursery, Weston Road, Bretforton, EVESHAM
Received 8 Dec 2000Manor Farm House Farm Lane Westmancote Tewkesbury GL20 7ES
Received 21 Aug 2026Neville Arms, 154 The Ridgeway, Astwood Bank, Cookhill, B96 6NB
Received 10 Mar 2006Land off Bishops Wood Lane, Crossway Green, Stourport-On-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 9SE
Received 1 Nov 2000CAR PARK SITE, (EX DAIRY BUILDING), ABBEY LANE, EVESHAM, WORCS
Received 8 Dec 2000The Villa, Droitwich Road, Bradley Green, Redditch, B96 6QU
Received 14 Aug 2006Skylark Fields Haselor Lane Charlton
Received 20 Sept 2021Grafton Cottage, Main Road, Ombersley, WR9 0EP
Received 6 Feb 2007Land Off, Bewdley Street, Evesham
Received 25 Nov 2011Strand Cottage Church Lane Martin Hussingtree Worcester WR3 8TQ
Received 11 Jan 2019Woodmans Cottage, Hill Lane, Elmley Castle, Pershore, WR10 3JA
Received 24 Sept 2009Storage Land At Cowsden Bank Farm Naunton Road Naunton Beauchamp Upton Snodsbury
Received 24 Dec 2019LOWER FARM, BROADCLOSE LANE, INKBERROW, WORCS
Received 8 Dec 200024 High Street Evesham WR11 4HJ
Received 14 Apr 2025Defford Motors Upton Road Defford Worcester WR8 9BA
Received 14 Sept 201812 Leamington Road, Broadway, Worcs
Received 8 Dec 20001 Pimlico Cottages, Beckford
Received 29 Jul 1994Land At (Os 8785 5016) Hatfield Lane Norton Worcester
Received 15 Mar 2024Records 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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