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.
21,566 approved · 2,300 refused · 2,061 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Hill View Road WORCESTER WR2 4PJ
Received 19 Oct 20214 St. Georges Square, WR1 1HX
Received 11 May 2001Henwick Cottage, 214 Henwick Road, Worcester WR2 5PF
Received 17 Apr 201214 Wirlpiece Avenue Worcester WR4 0NF
Received 11 Nov 200410 Northfield Street Worcester WR1 1NS
Received 12 Aug 202040 Windsor Avenue, WR2 5NA
Received 5 Jul 2001Grainger Porcelain Works St Martins Gate
Received 6 Nov 20147 Purleigh Avenue, WR4 0DX
Received 17 Apr 2002Sandwell House, Foregate Street, Worcester
Received 9 Mar 199936 Britannia Square, Worcester, WR1 3DH
Received 13 May 2015BYWAYS, 39 BROMWICH ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 4AD
Received 23 May 2018Former Worcester Porcelain Works Severn Street Worcester
Received 3 Oct 2017land adjacent 3 Middle Hollow Drive, WR4 0HU
Received 13 Oct 2006Thorneloe Place Thorneloe Walk Worcester WR1 3JY
Received 3 Feb 2025John Gwynn House, Bridge Street
Received 25 Jul 200123 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DH
Received 18 Nov 1997Redhill Baptist Church, 12 Cannon Street
Received 10 Aug 20076 Carlisle Road, Ronkswood, Worcester
Received 23 Jan 2015Elgar Unit, Newtown Hospital, Newtown Road., WR5 1JG
Received 3 Aug 1998Former Save Service Station, Land adjacent to 58 Ombersley Road, Worcester
Received 14 Jan 2004Oakwood 153 Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4LN
Received 22 Jul 200218 Solitaire Avenue Worcester WR2 5PP
Received 17 Feb 202015 HIGH STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2QE
Received 31 Mar 20173 Trotshill Lane West, Worcester WR4 0HH
Received 28 Nov 2013Records 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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