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.
21,855 approved · 2,344 refused · 2,086 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Birchanger Green Worcester WR4 0DW
Received 17 Aug 20076 Edgar Street Worcester WR1 2LR
Received 24 Sept 20042-3 Pierpoint Street Worcester WR1 1TD
Received 1 Mar 2023Coniston, 4 Tower Road, Worcester WR3 7AF
Received 25 Aug 20119 Grayling Close Worcester WR5 3HY
Received 21 Nov 199613 The Foregate Worcester WR1 3QD
Received 2 Nov 200525 Lowesmoor, WR1 2RS
Received 19 Jun 1998Yamazaki Machinery UK Ltd, Badgeworth Drive, WR4 9NF
Received 22 Aug 2008Blackpole Retail Park, Blackpole Road, Worcester, WR3 8PQ
Received 26 Nov 201447C Avon Road, WR4 9AG
Received 20 Jan 20097 Sansome Street
Received 3 Sept 199917 The Town House The Tything Worcester WR1 1HD
Received 12 Jan 202695 LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2DZ
Received 1 Aug 2018Tramps Nightclub Ltd 25 Angel Place Worcester
Received 15 Sept 201010 Winchester Avenue Worcester WR2 4JE
Received 25 Mar 2024Blessed Edward Oldcorne R.C. School, Timberdine Avenue, Worcester WR5 2XD
Received 18 Jun 2004Atchison Topeka Ltd, Wainwright Road, Shire Business Park, Warndon, Worcester WR4 9FA
Received 7 Jun 199352 Battenhall Rise
Received 27 Nov 200722 COLUMBIA DRIVE, WORCESTER WR2 4DB
Received 19 Sept 201614 Dunster Close, WR4 0EQ
Received 11 Nov 200215 Kepax Gardens Worcester WR3 7LB
Received 10 Nov 20222 Broadway Grove, St Johns, Worcester WR2 5EU
Received 23 Oct 2014Worcester Heat Systems, Cotswold Way, WR4 9SW
Received 5 Feb 200332 Debdale Avenue, WR4 0RP
Received 28 Feb 2000Records 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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