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.
15,187 approved · 1,478 refused · 1,445 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 1988 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL WORCESTER, UPPER TYTHING, WORCESTER, WR1 1HP
Received 14 Jun 2017Woodside Lark Hill Road Worcester WR5 2BF
Received 19 May 202525 Bromyard Road, WR2 5BZ
Received 27 Oct 2008Shrub Hill Quarter Worcester
Received 14 Mar 20256 Rainbow Hill Terrace, Worcester WR3 8NG
Received 22 Apr 20155 Hunt Avenue Worcester WR4 0QW
Received 24 Sept 2020Springfield, Britannia Square, Worcester WR1 3DL
Received 11 May 2010Roundabout at Broomhall Way, A38 Worcester Road Worcester WR5 3LZ
Received 8 Nov 2021Land east of Nunnery Way, North of the A44
Received 19 Jul 201759 Flag Meadow Walk Worcester WR1 1QG
Received 13 Dec 20077 Cromwell Crescent, WR5 2JW
Received 11 Aug 200611 Quebec Close Worcester WR2 4DY
Received 5 Jan 2005Pavement,, Fish Street, s/o 97a High Street, WR1 2HW
Received 19 Oct 201019 Norton Close, Worcester
Received 23 Jan 200629 Trent Road Worcester WR5 1LA
Received 4 Nov 20216 Goodwood Avenue Worcester WR5 2HR
Received 7 Apr 2022Isaac Maddox House Shrub Hill Industrial Estate Worcester WR4 9EL
Received 27 Jan 2026UNIT A, HYLTON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5JS
Received 15 Aug 201878 Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2NL
Received 17 Aug 20071C Lambert Road, WR2 5DD
Received 4 Nov 2010Land at rear of 57 and 59 Waverley Street Worcester WR5 3DH
Received 12 Dec 2024Barbourne Inn, New Bank Street, WR3 8AN
Received 6 Mar 201416 St Swithins Street
Received 18 Jul 201217/19 Somers Road, WR1 3JH
Received 3 Dec 2008Records 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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