About your Council
Services Provided by the Council
In this section you will find the following information:
- Search for Applications
- Making a Planning Application
- Heritage and Conservation
- The Historic Environment
- The Natural Environment
- Conservation Area Appraisals
- Supplementary Planning Document - Local Listed Buildings
- Archaeological Fees
- Planning Policy
- Neighbourhood Planning
- Designated Neighbourhood Areas
- Abberley Neighbourhood Plan
- Broadwas and Cotheridge Neighbourhood Plan
- Malvern Town Neighbourhood Plan
- Hanley Castle Parish Neighbourhood Plan
- Clifton upon Teme Neighbourhood Plan
- Kempsey Neighbourhood Plan
- Martley, Knightwick and Doddenham Neighbourhood Plan
- Hallow Neighbourhood Plan
- Leigh & Bransford Neighbourhood Plan
- Welland Neighbourhood Plan
- Planning Policy Monitoring
- Brownfield Land Register
- Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Register
- Neighbourhood Planning
- Other Planning Services
- Community Infrastructure Levy
- Planning Obligations (Section 106)
- Street Naming and Numbering
- Local Land Charges
- Planning Appeals
- Planning Committee and Meetings
- Planning Conditions and Fees
- Footpath Diversions (S257)
- Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD)
- Local Development Scheme (LDS)
- Planning Weekly List
- Planning History Search
- Planning Enforcement
- South Worcestershire Building Control
This page includes information about the Council's four service areas together with links to the services that they provide
Community Services
Responsible for:
- Air quality and contaminated land (Shared Service - Worcestershire Regulatory Services)
- Children and young people
- Community Development (including Arts and Sports Development)
- Community Engagement
- Community Safety
- Customer research and marketing
- Development of service standards
- Car Parks
- Environmental Health (Shared Service - Worcestershire Regulatory Services)
- Service and contact centres
- Leisure Centres
- Licensing (Shared Service - Worcestershire Regulatory Services)
- Parking
- Teenagers and older people
- Volunteering
- Waste strategy
Planning, Economy and Housing
Responsible for:
- Building Control (South Worcestershire Building Control).
- Commissioning Housing Services
- Conservation
- Development Control
- Economic Development
- Environmental policies
- Housing policy and enabling, grants
- Planning policy and Local Development Framework
- Transport policy
- Tourism
Policy and Governance
Responsible for:
- Communications and Corporate Policy Development (i.e. social inclusion, anti poverty, safeguarding, equality and diversity, Big Society)
- Corporate programmes and project management
- Democratic Services
- Document Services
- Elections/electoral registration
- Emergency Planning
- Equality and Diversity
- Facilities management
- Governance and standards
- Information management
- Legal services
- Management of Shared Services
- Monitoring officer
- Member support and development
- Partnerships - Community Strategy and Local Strategic Partnership
- Research and intelligence
- Strategic Direction
Resources
Responsible for:
- Financial strategy
- Section 151 Officer
- Accountancy and financial services
- Performance management
- Value for money and efficiency programmes
- Business change
- External audit relationship management
- Internal audit (Shared Service)
- Benefits and Council Tax (South Worcestershire Revenues and Benefits Shared Service)
- Property and asset management
- Risk Management
- Environmental efficiency
- Leadership and Development programme
Commissioning authorisation for:
- Internal Audit
- Revenues and Benefits
- ICT, GIS and Land Charges
- Human resources including payroll and health and safety