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.
21,502 approved · 2,286 refused · 2,052 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Malvern Gate Bromwich Road Worcester,
Received 25 Jun 200961 Woodland Road, WR3 8HQ
Received 3 Jun 2004Garden adjacent to Coach House, 100 Lansdowne Road, WR3 8JL
Received 30 Apr 2003TINTERN AVENUE, WORCESTER
Received 1 Nov 2016104 Ombersley Road, WR3 7EY
Received 1 Nov 200917 Shrubbery Avenue, WR1 1QN
Received 30 Jan 2008Former Ronkswood Hospital Site, Newtown Road, WR5 1NG
Received 28 Jan 2014Northwick Manor Primary School Northwick Road Worcester WR3 7EA
Received 26 Sept 20168 Buck Street Worcester WR2 5LL
Received 5 Feb 20071 POWICK MILLS, OLD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4BU
Received 23 Sept 201798 Spetchley Road Worcester Worcestershire WR5 2NL
Received 25 Jul 20221 St. Georges Lane North, Worcester WR1 1RD
Received 5 Nov 2014218 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3ER
Received 9 Sept 20028 Fort Royal Lane Worcester
Received 10 Jul 20062 Field Terrace Worcester WR5 3BN
Received 4 Aug 200369 Lowesmoor
Received 26 Feb 1996Unit 4 Blackpole Retail Park, Blackpole Road
Received 27 Sept 199735 The Tything
Received 4 Aug 2010251 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7BY
Received 31 Jul 2023Roundabout at A38, City Walls Road, St Martins Gate Worcester
Received 8 Nov 20218 Bromwich Lane Worcester WR2 4BH
Received 18 Mar 2026YORK HOUSE, 4 LANSDOWNE CRESCENT LANE, WORCESTER, WR3 8JG
Received 25 Jan 2017Unit B, City Arcade, High Street
Received 4 Mar 2003Harcros Timber Yard, Diglis Dock Road, Worcester
Received 6 Mar 1995Records 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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