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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.
21,732 approved · 2,323 refused · 2,073 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 4 Jul 19951 Lavender Road Worcester WR3 7AE
Received 13 Mar 2019Former Worcester Royal Infirmary Site, WR1 3AS
Received 20 May 200922 Britannia Square, WR1 3DH
Received 15 Apr 200914 THE TYTHING, WORCESTER, WR1 1HD
Received 4 May 2016ST MARTINS QUARTER, SILVER STREET, WORCESTER
Received 26 Nov 201559 Woolhope Road, Worcester WR5 2AR
Received 21 Oct 20114 Pierpoint Street Worcester WR1 1TA
Received 8 Oct 19961 Avenue Road Worcester WR2 4ES
Received 9 Jan 2001Cleeve House, Malvern Road, Worcester WR2 4YX
Received 10 Jun 19947 Tollhouse Drive, WR2 6AD
Received 15 Oct 199755 Lansdowne Street, Worcester WR1 1QF
Received 31 Mar 2005LAND AT (OS 8578 5590) ADJ RESERVOIR, VICAR STREET, WORCESTER
Received 30 Oct 2015Berkeley House, 27 New Street, WR1 2DP
Received 10 Jan 201214 Key Avenue, WR4 0LT
Received 7 May 200917 Glenthorne Avenue, WR4 9TS
Received 1 Dec 2009Tesco Store, St Peters Drive
Received 18 Mar 20021 Bromyard Road, Worcester, WR2 5BS
Received 21 Apr 2015University Of Worcester Henwick Grove Worcester WR2 6AJ
Received 1 Sept 20222 College Precincts Worcester WR1 2LG
Received 5 Jun 1997Former Fruit & Veg Market & adjoining land at Hylton Road
Received 8 Aug 201254 Beech Avenue Worcester WR3 8PY
Received 30 Sept 2026Westbourne, Red Hill Lane
Received 17 Aug 1999123 Canterbury Road Worcester WR5 1PD
Received 15 May 2025Records 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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