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.
21,767 approved · 2,330 refused · 2,079 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 20 Sept 2018Building A4, Diglis Basin, Diglis Dock Road
Received 18 Oct 20071 Henwick House Tollhouse Drive Worcester WR2 6AD
Received 7 May 20247 Arden Road, WR5 3BD
Received 22 Jun 199816 Lansdowne Crescent, WR3 8JE
Received 13 Sept 2005Misys, Buckholt Drive
Received 12 Mar 199614 The Lane Worcester WR1 1AE
Received 10 Jul 2024Worcester Museum and Art Gallery, Foregate Street, WR1 1DT
Received 8 Aug 20142A Eastbank Drive Worcester WR3 7BH
Received 5 Dec 1994Millets, 7 The Shambles, Worcester WR1 2RF
Received 31 May 201232 WHINFIELD ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 7HF
Received 25 May 2016Land to rear of shops Gresham Road
Received 7 Apr 199714 Queenswood Drive Worcester WR5 3SZ
Received 13 Jun 202211 Hanbury Avenue, WR2 4JW
Received 13 Jan 20141 MANOR ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4PD
Received 17 Mar 2017The Stables, Middle Battenhall Farm, Upper Battenhall,, WR7 4RU
Received 16 Oct 201345 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 25 Apr 200194 GILMOUR CRESCENT, WORCESTER, WR3 7PJ
Received 24 Feb 20173 Barley Crescent, WR4 0HW
Received 29 Nov 200596 MALVERN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4LL
Received 22 Oct 201861 Battenhall Road WORCESTER WR5 2BP
Received 19 Nov 202017 Green Hill London Road WORCESTER WR5 2AA
Received 25 Nov 201937 St Dunstans Close, WR5 2AJ
Received 15 Mar 20072 Stanley Street, WR5 3DZ
Received 18 Sept 2006Records 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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