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.
15,229 approved · 1,482 refused · 1,452 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 CROOME ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 4PL
Received 24 Mar 2017COPPERTOPS, 195 OLDBURY ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 6AS
Received 22 Jun 20162 Heron Lodge London Road Worcester WR5 2EE
Received 31 Aug 20201 Redwood Close, Worcester WR4 9UF
Received 26 May 2009St Johns Sports Centre Malvern Road Worcester
Received 13 Feb 2003Land at 220 London Road, Worcester
Received 21 Jan 202252A Britannia Square, Worcester WR1 3HP
Received 12 Jun 2013Land at Gregorys Bank, Worcester
Received 26 Feb 2014Shrub Hill Station Shrub Hill Worcester WR4 9EJ
Received 5 Jun 201924 Woodside Road Worcester WR5 2EG
Received 19 Oct 20078 Wheatfield Avenue Worcester WR5 3HA
Received 6 Oct 2025Elgar Retail Park Blackpole Road Worcester WR3 8HP
Received 5 Aug 2025Land at 220 London Road, Worcester
Received 26 Sept 20125 TOLLHOUSE DRIVE, WORCESTER, WR2 6AD
Received 22 Jan 2018Land at 2 Old Northwick Lane, Worcester WR3 7LY
Received 13 Mar 20171-28 Sharman Close, WR1 3LB
Received 30 Jul 2013Vacant Dairy Site, Newtown Road, Worcester
Received 5 Sept 2001Kateryn Heywood House Berkeley Court The Foregate Worcester WR1 3QG
Received 11 Dec 201410 London Road, Worcester
Received 22 Oct 2020The Pig & Drum P.H, 53 Lowesmoor, WR1 2RS
Received 25 Apr 200852 Sansome Place Worcester WR1 1UA
Received 23 Jul 202145 Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HN
Received 3 Sept 2026Garage site at Leckhampton Close
Received 28 Apr 20094 Lansdowne Crescent Worcester WR3 8JE
Received 15 Sept 2026Records 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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