Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 Worcester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
21,479 approved · 2,285 refused · 2,052 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 1988 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Brook House, Henry Street, Worcester, WR1 1RB
Received 28 Apr 20153 Woodland Road, WR3 8HH
Received 10 Dec 200313 Redfern Avenue Worcester
Received 11 Jan 2013Heart Of Worcestershire College Deansway Worcester WR1 2JF
Received 7 Jun 2022Lyppard Grange Public House, Ankerage Green, Worcester
Received 28 Apr 199749 Victoria Avenue Worcester WR5 1EE
Received 24 Mar 2025KFC, Elgar Retail Park, Blackpole Road, WR3 8HP
Received 23 Sept 2009Blessed Edward Oldcorne RC High School, Timberdine Avenue, Worcester, WR5 2XD
Received 16 Jan 2013Metal Constructions Ltd, Brickfields Road, Worcester
Received 31 May 199513-14 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LH
Received 20 Apr 200063 BATTENHALL ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2BP
Received 4 Dec 2017The Commandery Sidbury Worcester WR1 2HU
Received 8 Jun 2017Russell & Dorrell Ltd, County Mills, The Butts, WR1 3RD
Received 2 Jan 201487 London Road, WR5 2DZ
Received 2 Apr 201343 Upper Tything Worcester WR1 1JZ
Received 19 Aug 200324 Peterborough Close Worcester WR5 1PW
Received 21 Feb 202224 CLAVERHAM CLOSE, WORCESTER WR2 4NB
Received 21 Sept 201739 Hillery Road Worcester WR5 1RF
Received 3 Apr 1995The Nest, 7 Morris Avenue, Worcester WR3 7NT
Received 24 Sept 2010King George V Community Centre Ash Avenue Worcester WR4 9TL
Received 19 Apr 200679 St Marks Close Worcester WR5 3DB
Received 31 Mar 2025The Ketch Field, St Peter The Great
Received 22 May 20002 Draycote Close, WR5 3SY
Received 26 Sept 200122 St Georges Lane North, Worcester, WR1 1QX
Received 10 Mar 2015Records 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 Worcester City 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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