I very rarely look at them as it's almost always info I already have.
However, I did once have one which highlighted a marriage licence I hadn't suspected existed, as the marriage record said the couple in question had married by banns. The licence application contained the useful info that the groom was a widower and allowed me to trace his first family and origins two hundred miles away.
I now check occasionally in the hope that I might find another gem like that!
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