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.
16,725 approved · 1,649 refused · 1,614 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
6 Sansome Place, WR1 1UG
Received 6 Sept 201052 Rainbow Hill
Received 4 Dec 2007Northwick Service Station, Ombersley Road, WR3 7BT
Received 24 Oct 201245 Hillery Road, WR5 1RF
Received 9 Jun 200943 St Dunstans Crescent, Worcester WR5 2AF
Received 7 Nov 2013St Helens, 16 Green Hill London Road
Received 29 Apr 200419 Blossom Close Worcester WR5 1SN
Received 10 Aug 20208 LINK ELM CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR2 4NG
Received 19 Aug 20168 Boughton Avenue Worcester WR2 5EW
Received 19 Jun 2023Perdiswell Young Peoples Leisure Club Droitwich Road Worcester
Received 10 Jan 2002ULLSWATER CLOSE, WORCESTER
Received 14 Jan 2016Property to east of Farmers Boy P.H. Tolladine Road
Received 15 Feb 2010Worcester Bridge Worcester Bridge Worcester
Received 26 Aug 2026Manor House, Malvern Road, Worcester, WR2 4BS
Received 13 Mar 201552 The Tything, WR1 1JT
Received 29 Dec 200630 Buck Street
Received 28 Nov 20068 Viewfields WORCESTER WR5 1SJ
Received 27 Mar 2023Worcester St.Johns Telephone Exchange 26 Bromyard Road, WR2 5BT
Received 11 Mar 2008Fine Art Premises, St Mark's Close, WR5 3DL
Received 13 Jun 200514 Barbourne Terrace Worcester WR1 3JS
Received 26 Feb 2019Rowe Carpets, Junction of Easy Row/Castle Street
Received 8 Oct 20031 The Cross Worcester WR1 3PR
Received 2 Jul 202416 Silverdale Avenue, WR5 1PY
Received 12 Sept 200844 Northwick Road, WR3 7DT
Received 12 Dec 2011Records 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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