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.
21,792 approved · 2,333 refused · 2,080 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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15 Somers Road Worcester WR1 3JH
Received 26 Apr 2024The Walled Garden, 6 Rose Terrace
Received 3 Oct 2008Land off St Peter's Drive, St Peter The Great
Received 27 Mar 19984 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BH
Received 18 Feb 2026The Gables, 166 Bromyard Road, Worcester WR2 5EE
Received 18 Aug 2014153 Bilford Road, Worcester WR3 8PL
Received 17 Jan 200255 Hillery Road Worcester WR5 1RF
Received 3 Feb 201135 Teme Road Worcester WR4 9AW
Received 28 May 201996 High Street Worcester WR1 2HL
Received 13 Oct 2003Pike Hill, r/o 91-143 Avon Road, 6-16 Avon Close & 268-290, Tolladine Road, Worcester
Received 26 Nov 199336B BRITANNIA SQUARE WORCESTER
Received 24 Nov 2015Barley Crescent Worcester
Received 19 Jan 2026Bishop Perowne C of E College, Merriman's Hill, WR3 8LE
Received 26 Feb 200910 The Shambles Worcester WR1 2RF
Received 5 Jan 1996Severn Trent Worcester Sewage Treatment Works, Bromwich Road, Worcester, WR2 4AS
Received 7 Jul 2016Unit 17 Shipston Close WORCESTER WR4 9XN
Received 20 Nov 2007The Old Vicarage 23 St. George's Square, WR1 1HX
Received 10 Apr 20069 Stephenson Terrace Worcester WR1 3EA
Received 2 Feb 200468 Broadway Grove, WR2 5EY
Received 6 Sept 201063 Sunnyside Road Worcester WR1 1RJ
Received 5 Sept 20052 Green Hill, London Road, WR5 2AA
Received 1 Oct 2008Scissor City, 1b Lowesmoor Terrace
Received 9 Feb 2015Land rear of 86 Laugherne Road, Worcester WR2 5LS
Received 19 May 2011Naboth Court, Thorneloe Road, WR1 3HZ
Received 13 May 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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