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.
15,664 approved · 1,540 refused · 1,538 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 OAKLANDS, WORCESTER, WR5 1SL
Received 8 Jan 20162 College Precincts, Worcester, WR1 2LG
Received 25 Apr 20157 CYPRESS STREET, WORCESTER, WR3 8AU
Received 27 Oct 2017Pavement o/s 63 High Street WORCESTER WR1 2EH
Received 3 Nov 2022Coach House at 120 Ombersley Road, WR3 7EZ
Received 15 Mar 200416 Fountain Place WORCESTER WR1 3HW
Received 5 Jan 20126 Rose Terrace Worcester WR5 1BU
Received 26 Sept 2024195 Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5ER
Received 16 Apr 202027 Aconbury Close Worcester WR5 1JD
Received 9 Sept 200361 Battenhall Avenue, WR5 2HN
Received 26 Feb 20031 Clarkson Gardens, WR4 0QS
Received 22 Apr 20038 Beckett Close, Worcester WR3 7NL
Received 18 Apr 200554 Cranham Drive, WR4 9DA
Received 26 Feb 2013Land adjacent to 75 McIntyre Road, Worcester WR2 5LQ
Received 24 Sept 2008Blessed Edward Oldcorne Rc High School Timberdine Avenue Worcester WR5 2XD
Received 9 Aug 2012Perdiswell Cottage Bilford Road Worcester WR3 8QA
Received 29 Dec 2023ABBEYFIELD HOUSE, 12 GREEN HILL LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2AA
Received 4 Apr 201812 Amery Close, WR5 2HL
Received 20 Feb 2006Worcester Royal Hospital, Elgar Unit Newtown Road Worcester WR5 1JG
Received 19 Jun 202671 Oldbury Road Worcester WR2 6AL
Received 18 Oct 20067 Coltishall Close Worcester WR5 3RF
Received 2 May 20072 Britannia Square, WR1 3DG
Received 19 Mar 20145 Link Elm Close, WR2 4NG
Received 10 Jan 2007Tesco Stores Ltd, Mill Wood Drive
Received 18 Aug 2009Records 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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