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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Wyre Forest District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,872 approved · 167 refused · 85 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Nov 2005 to 18 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Bewdley Museum Bewdley Town Hall 12 Load Street Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2AE
Received 15 Jan 20262 Hawthorn Grove Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 6DD
Received 15 Jan 2026Colliers Farm Shop Tenbury Road Clows Top Worcestershire DY14 9HA
Received 15 Jan 2026Gorst Hill Farm Gorst Hill Rock Kidderminster Worcestershire DY14 9YJ
Received 15 Jan 20261 Shaw Hedge Road Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 1EU
Received 15 Jan 2026Stourport Farm Shop And Kitchen Dunley Road Stourport On Severn Worcestershire DY13 0AA
Received 16 Jan 2026Eastham Cottage Severn Side South Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2DX
Received 16 Jan 2026Rock Coppice Church Lane Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2UH
Received 19 Jan 2026Rock Coppice Church Lane Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2UH
Received 19 Jan 202624 Lax Lane Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2DZ
Received 19 Jan 202649 Kittiwake Drive Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 4RS
Received 20 Jan 20267 Worth Crescent Stourport On Severn Worcestershire DY13 8RR
Received 20 Jan 2026Minerva Point Worcester Road Stourport On Severn Worcestershire DY13 9AS
Received 20 Jan 20262E Unit 2 Silverwoods Trade Park Silverwoods Way Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 7GB
Received 21 Jan 2026The Coppins Kidderminster Road Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 1LW
Received 21 Jan 2026Ty Brith Wheatcroft Avenue Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 1DD
Received 21 Jan 2026Land At Os 388629 276920 Sandy Lane Barnett Brook Harvington Worcestershire
Received 21 Jan 2026Land To The Rear Of 64 High Street Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2DJ
Received 21 Jan 202647 High Street Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2DJ
Received 21 Jan 2026Land At Os 383863 280765 Bridge Road Cookley Kidderminster Worcestershire
Received 21 Jan 2026Arley Wood House Beacon Lane Shatterford Worcestershire DY12 1TJ
Received 21 Jan 2026Hackmans Watch Hackmans Gate Lane Hackmans Gate Clent Worcestershire DY9 0EN
Received 22 Jan 2026The Bumbles Upper Birch Road Shatterford Worcestershire DY12 1TR
Received 23 Jan 2026Land At Os 373083 269977 Worcester Road Pensax Abberley Worcestershire
Received 23 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Wyre Forest 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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