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.
21,614 approved · 2,305 refused · 2,067 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mcdonalds Restaurant, Blackpole Road, Worcester, WR3 8HP
Received 20 Mar 20141-2 Foregate Street WORCESTER WR1 1DB
Received 17 Feb 2017The Gatehouse Battle Road Worcester WR5 2BS
Received 6 Nov 202446 BATTENHALL ROAD, WORCESTER WR5 2BQ
Received 4 Mar 201640-41 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1EE
Received 10 Jun 201931,32,33 Britannia Square
Received 5 Oct 1994The Cedars Wych Elm Close WORCESTER WR5 2EN
Received 14 May 20047 Rainbow Hill Terrace, Worcester WR3 8NG
Received 26 Sept 20017 Hoskyns Avenue, WR4 0LL
Received 7 Jun 200524 Shrubbery Avenue, Worcester WR1 1QT
Received 13 Nov 2014Heenan Social Club Sansome Place Worcester
Received 21 Feb 2013Church Farm Cottage, Cornmeadow Lane, Worcester
Received 17 Sept 200312A Weavers Court, Checketts Lane, Worcester
Received 4 Aug 200824A Mcintyre Road Worcester WR2 5LG
Received 28 Apr 202129 Waterworks Road WORCESTER WR1 3EY
Received 18 Jul 2016The Red Lion, 109 Sidbury, Worcester WR1 2HU
Received 5 Jun 20001 Birchfield Close Worcester WR3 8LQ
Received 5 Jun 200116 Albermarle Road WORCESTER WR2 5FY
Received 11 Jul 202252 Britannia Square, WR1 3HP
Received 12 Jan 20005 Deansway Worcester WR1 2JG
Received 7 Aug 200641 Astwood Road Worcester WR3 8ER
Received 22 Oct 1996Open space at Penhill Crescent (opposite Sanctuary Close)
Received 8 Aug 1994John Gwynn House, Newport Street, WR1 3NY
Received 30 Aug 2002Unit C, Elgar Retail Park, Blackpole Road
Received 19 Apr 1994Records 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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