Strategic Planning

The County Council's Strategic Planning Service is based at County Hall in Worcester and is responsible for:

Promoting sustainable development in partnership with the six district councils.
Responding to the new Government's proposals for changing the strategic planning system.
Providing leadership in the conservation, enhancement and protection of the natural environment.
Prepare a county wide infrastructure delivery plan.
Support the reviews of the district councils' Core Strategies.
Prepare natural resource technical papers on Water Resources, Renewable Energy, Climate Change and Soils.
Promoting and applying a Green Infrastructure approach in the planning of the natural environment.

Existing Strategies, Guidance and Evidence

You can find some of the Archived plans from the strategic planning team on the Archived files page.

You can get in touch with the Strategic planning team by telephone on 01905 763763 or by post:

Strategic Planning
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP

For more detailed information from your district authority you can get in touch using the particular contact details below.

Bromsgrove Head of Planning Services The Council House Burcot Lane Bromsgrove B60 1AA Telephone: 01527 873232	Malvern Hills Head of Planning Services Council House Avenue Road Malvern WR14 2AF Telephone: 01684 892800
Redditch Development Control Manager Town Hall Alcester Street Redditch B98 8AH Telephone: 01527 64252	Worcester City Head of Planning Services Orchard House Farrier Street Worcester WR1 3BB Telephone: 01905 723471
Wychavon Head of Planning Civic Centre Queen Elizabeth Drive Pershore WR10 1PT Telephone: 01386 565000	Wyre Forest Head of Planning Services Duke House Clensmore Street Kidderminster DY10 2JX Telephone: 01562 820505

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Department of Energy and Climate Change
Central Government department responsible for national policy on preserving UK's Resources.
Hereford and Worcester Chamber of Commerce
An organisation working to support the local business community and specifically our 1300-strong network of member businesses.
Planning Advisory Service
An organisation that helps councillors and local authority officers understand and respond to planning reform.
Royal Town Planning Institute
The UK's leading planning body for spatial, sustainable, integrative and inclusive planning.
Worcestershire Partnership
brings together local government and public services within Worcestershire.

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This page was last reviewed 14 May 2013 at 11:36.
The page is next due for review 10 November 2014.