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.
15,995 approved · 1,569 refused · 1,563 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Diglis House Hotel, Severn Street, Worcester WR1 2NF
Received 22 Oct 2004224 ASTWOOD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 8HA
Received 3 Dec 2015Worcester YMCA Henwick Road Worcester
Received 24 Apr 2009Old Baskerville Barbourne Road Worcester WR1 1RU
Received 29 May 202413 Wordsworth Avenue WORCESTER WR3 8DN
Received 2 Jul 2024Gregorys Bank, Worcester
Received 6 Feb 2015Worcester Early Years Centre Manor Farm Malvern Road WORCESTER WR2 4BS
Received 25 Mar 20195 Norwich Road, WR5 1NY
Received 7 Apr 2011Chartist Cottage, 39a Battenhall Road, WR5 2BQ
Received 10 Feb 20118 Starling Close, Worcester WR5 3RS
Received 20 Dec 2005Unit 3D Bromyard Business Park Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5XU
Received 18 Sept 202618 Ronkswood Crescent Worcester WR5 1JY
Received 7 Jun 202249 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BQ
Received 12 Feb 2025114 Windermere Drive, WR4 9JD
Received 2 Sept 2002Rose Bank House Rose Bank Worcester WR5 2DZ
Received 24 Apr 202512 Barbourne Terrace, WR1 3JS
Received 5 Mar 200725 Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5BZ
Received 11 Jul 202340 Badger Gardens, Worcester WR5 3TG
Received 24 Jun 2008Jaguar House, Castle Street, Worcester
Received 1 Feb 201011 Avening Close Worcester WR4 9LH
Received 28 Apr 202013 Shrubbery Avenue Worcester WR1 1QN
Received 17 Feb 2022Butlers Fitness Centre, Farrier Street, Worcester
Received 29 Feb 201219 Norton Close Worcester WR5 3EY
Received 7 Dec 2020UNIT A1 A2, BLACKPOLE EAST, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 8SG
Received 14 Sept 2018Records 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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