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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1,872 approved · 167 refused · 85 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hopleys Camp Site Doddingtree Farm Cleobury Road Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2QL
Received 2 Feb 202655 Shrubbery Street Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 2QY
Received 2 Feb 2026Plot 4 Arthur Drive Hoo Farm Industrial Estate Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 7RA
Received 2 Feb 2026Bewdley Business Park Long Bank Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2TB
Received 2 Feb 2026Land At Os 381500 281030 Hobro Lane Wolverley Worcestershire
Received 3 Feb 2026Land At Os 385200 275500 Comberton Road Kidderminster Worcestershire
Received 3 Feb 2026Holy Trinity School Birmingham Road Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 2BY
Received 30 Jan 2026The Ballards Dark Lane Rock Kidderminster Worcestershire DY14 9YN
Received 3 Feb 202661 Castle Road Cookley Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 3TE
Received 2 Feb 2026Old Bake House Raven Street Stourport On Severn Worcestershire
Received 4 Feb 2026Churchill Farm Churchill Lane Churchill Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 3LY
Received 4 Feb 202647 Princess Way Stourport On Severn Worcestershire DY13 0DZ
Received 5 Feb 2026Land At Os 380303 270022 Vawdrey Close Stourport On Severn Worcestershire
Received 5 Feb 202641 Hanstone Road Stourport On Severn Worcestershire DY13 0HB
Received 5 Feb 202698 Woodland Avenue Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 5AN
Received 5 Feb 202696 Woodland Avenue Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 5AN
Received 5 Feb 202696 Woodland Avenue Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 5AN
Received 6 Feb 202650 - 51 Wolverhampton Road Kidderminster Worcestershire DY10 2UT
Received 6 Feb 202655 Load Street Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2AP
Received 6 Feb 202655 Load Street Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2AP
Received 6 Feb 2026Lakeside Cottage Drayton Road Drayton Belbroughton Worcestershire DY9 0BF
Received 9 Feb 2026St Bartholomews Parish Church Rectory Lane Stourport On Severn Worcestershire DY13 0TB
Received 9 Feb 202680 Marlpool Lane Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 5HP
Received 9 Feb 202673 Richmond Road Bewdley Worcestershire DY12 2BG
Received 9 Feb 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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