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.
21,480 approved · 2,285 refused · 2,052 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Garages at Wheelwright Close Worcester
Received 6 Aug 2014LAND AT, ROSE BANK, WORCESTER
Received 21 Sept 2018Land adjacent to Margaret Road, Worcester
Received 16 Jan 200920 Birch Meadow WORCESTER WR5 2FW
Received 14 Nov 2022Bristol Street Motors, Navigation Road
Received 8 Aug 19953-4 Charles Street, Worcester WR1 2AQ
Received 30 Aug 201195 Medway Road Worcester WR5 1SA
Received 15 Aug 20024 Old Northwick Lane Worcester WR3 7LY
Received 23 Jul 200358 Church Road Worcester WR3 8NU
Received 1 Feb 2008Northcliffe House 2 Droitwich Road Worcester
Received 28 Mar 202297 Diglis Lane Worcester WR5 3DQ
Received 29 Jul 2003Woodgreen Cottage, 1 Trotshill Lane East, Worcester WR4 0HX
Received 16 Feb 199416 Hoskyns Avenue, WR4 0LL
Received 11 May 2004The Saracens Head 4 The Tything Worcester WR1 1HD
Received 26 Feb 20247 Albany Terrace, WR1 3DU
Received 30 Oct 20136 York Place Worcester WR1 3DR
Received 16 Jun 2000The Ketch Bath Road WORCESTER WR5 3HW
Received 25 Nov 202115 Leabank Drive, WR3 7RA
Received 30 Mar 2004105 Canada Way WORCESTER WR2 4XD
Received 8 Jul 200420 Sansome Walk WORCESTER WR1 1LN
Received 30 May 202412 Laxton Avenue, WR2 6EJ
Received 10 Jan 199778 Timberdine Avenue Worcester WR5 2BG
Received 9 Jan 2004Moat End Farm, Hindlip Lane
Received 9 Aug 199612 Brickfields Road Worcester WR4 9TG
Received 14 Oct 1998Records 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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