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.
15,710 approved · 1,545 refused · 1,542 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Shrubbery Avenue Worcester WR1 1QP
Received 4 Mar 201934 Sidbury WORCESTER WR1 2HZ
Received 21 Nov 201472 Flag Meadow Walk Worcester WR1 1QQ
Received 23 Oct 2019Sheds Are Us Blackpole Road WORCESTER WR3 8SQ
Received 16 Jul 2020Land to the rear of 18 St Johns Worcester WR2 5AH
Received 12 Sept 202525 Thorn Avenue Worcester WR4 9TE
Received 3 Feb 20251 Lansdowne Crescent Worcester WR3 8JE
Received 24 Mar 2025Lowesmoor Trading Estate
Received 24 May 201049 Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HN
Received 13 Aug 20191 DOLPHIN CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR2 6BG
Received 13 Oct 201719 Blossom Close, WR5 1SN
Received 18 Jul 200515 St Dunstans Close, WR5 2AJ
Received 26 Apr 2004Reflex (1st floor), 6-8 St Nicholas Street, WR1 1UW
Received 14 Feb 200521 BEECH AVENUE, WORCESTER WR3 8PZ
Received 15 Feb 201713 TIMBERDINE AVENUE, WORCESTER WR5 2BD
Received 8 Feb 2017Rose Bank House Rose Bank Worcester WR5 2DZ
Received 22 May 201945 Bevere Close, WR3 7QL
Received 16 Aug 2010The Cathedral Church of St Mary
Received 26 Oct 200718 Nailsworth Close WORCESTER WR4 9XQ
Received 12 May 202219 Winchester Avenue, WR2 4JF
Received 14 Jun 201010 St Swithins Street Worcester
Received 7 Jun 20124 Perch Road, WR5 3AD
Received 10 Jan 201321 Grayling Close Worcester WR5 3HY
Received 8 May 20071 Field Terrace Worcester Worcestershire WR5 3BN
Received 16 May 2023Records 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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