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.
16,034 approved · 1,571 refused · 1,563 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 HIGH STREET WORCESTER
Received 17 Mar 201723 THE CROSS, WORCESTER, WR1 3PZ
Received 6 Apr 201814 Lismore Green, WR5 3UE
Received 7 Apr 2010Worcester Racecourse fronting Croft Road/Castle St.
Received 7 Mar 2006Car park at The Bell Inn, 49 Droitwich Road
Received 6 Sept 201210 Barley Crescent, Warndon, Worcester, WR4 0HW
Received 22 Dec 20144 Swinton Lane WORCESTER WR2 4JT
Received 2 Mar 2011Land at the rear of 71 & 73 St Georges Lane North, WORCESTER, WR1 1QX
Received 16 Mar 201716 The Moors, WR1 3EE
Received 4 Apr 201246 The Hopmarket, Foregate Street, Worcester
Received 10 Dec 2007139 Comer Road Worcester WR2 5JD
Received 3 Mar 2003Block C, Government Buildings, Whittington Road, Worcester
Received 24 Aug 2007FAIRMOUNT, 21 NORTON CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR5 3EY
Received 1 Aug 2016Worcester Cathedral College Yard Worcester, WR1 2LA
Received 7 Apr 202097A High Street Worcester WR1 2HW
Received 25 Oct 20244-6 Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1LH
Received 13 Dec 2006110 Medway Road Worcester WR5 1LN
Received 13 Aug 201965 Randwick Drive, WORCESTER, WR4 9LN
Received 23 Jul 20175 EDMONTON CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR2 4DQ
Received 8 Aug 2018LAND AT REAR OF 38 LARK HILL, WORCESTER, WR5 2EQ
Received 18 Jul 2017The University Of Worcester Hylton Road Worcester WR2 5JN
Received 24 Jan 202570 Holly Mount, WR4 9SF
Received 23 Aug 200519 Queenswood Drive Worcester WR5 3SZ
Received 13 Aug 200212 Kepax Gardens Worcester WR3 7LB
Received 5 Apr 2022Records 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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