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.
21,665 approved · 2,315 refused · 2,069 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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The Roosters Fried Chicken, 5 Angel Street
Received 10 Apr 1996The Mount, Red Hill Lane, WR5 2JL
Received 18 Feb 2000Land adjacent 143 Battenhall Road, WR5 2BU
Received 12 Apr 200147 Monarch Drive Worcester WR2 6ES
Received 30 May 200635 Shrubbery Avenue Worcester WR1 1QN
Received 10 Jan 20191 Lark Hill Road Worcester WR5 2EF
Received 23 Jan 2006Kenilworth Court, Kenilworth Close, WR3 8NE
Received 2 Mar 2009136 Linksview Crescent, Worcester WR5 1JJ
Received 17 Jan 200123 Dorothy Crescent Worcester WR3 7DD
Received 16 Oct 20202 Lock Cottage Diglis Dock Road Worcester WR5 3BS
Received 19 Apr 2022Land off Dudley Close, WR2 5RY
Received 8 May 2014323 Tolladine Road, Worcester WR4 9BB
Received 27 Jan 201219 The Foregate WORCESTER WR1 3QF
Received 28 Aug 20244 Kilbury Drive
Received 22 Apr 1996Unit 10 Venture Business Park, Weir Lane (former Dairy), WR2 4AY
Received 8 Oct 201345 Battenhall Avenue WORCESTER WR5 2HN
Received 3 Feb 2005Roundabout No. 12, A4440/A38, Broomhall Way, Worcester Road/, Bath Road/Temeside Way
Received 16 Apr 20103 BEECH AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR3 8PZ
Received 26 Aug 201619 Hillery Road, WR5 1RE
Received 22 Jan 2004County House, St Marys Street, Worcester WR1 1HB
Received 9 Oct 2024417 Ombersley Road, Worcester, WR3 7DQ
Received 12 Dec 2007HOMEBASE LTD, HYLTON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5JW
Received 20 Sept 201841 The Shambles Worcester WR1 2RE
Received 9 Jun 199756 Beech Avenue (land adj. 7 Shelley Close)
Received 4 Jul 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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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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