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.
16,873 approved · 1,664 refused · 1,642 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 1988 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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2 Corn Market Worcester WR1 2DJ
Received 14 Sept 2026Worcester Sixth Form College, Spetchley Road, WR5 2LU
Received 15 Feb 2012173 Bromwich Road Worcester WR2 4AU
Received 2 Aug 2007Cleeve House, Malvern Road, WR2 4YX
Received 24 Aug 201228 Norton Road, WR5 3BA
Received 27 Aug 200326 High Street, WR1 2QU
Received 12 Nov 20101 Northwick Road, WR3 7DR
Received 21 Feb 200835 The Tything
Received 4 Aug 201051 UPPER TYTHING WORCESTER
Received 9 Apr 201635 Northwick Close, Worcester WR3 7EF
Received 4 Feb 20139 The Avenue, WR2 4AN
Received 18 May 2010244 Hylton Road Worcester WR2 5LA
Received 11 Jan 2024159 Droitwich Road, Worcester WR3 7JY
Received 11 Nov 2011Five Ways Hotel, 14 Angel Place, WR1 3QN
Received 4 Mar 201336A BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER, WR1 3DH
Received 4 Sept 2017224 Northwick Road, WR3 7EH
Received 1 Jun 20099 Arboretum Road, WR1 1NB
Received 12 Aug 2009Lyppard Grange Ankerage Green Worcester WR4 0ND
Received 29 Apr 200210 Severn Terrace, WR1 3EH
Received 16 Mar 200917 St Georges Square Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 13 Dec 202220 Camp Hill Avenue Worcester WR5 2HQ
Received 2 Jan 202010 Turnpike Close, WR2 6AB
Received 3 Oct 20026 Lambert Road Worcester WR2 5DG
Received 19 Jun 2001Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, WR5 1DD
Received 30 Jun 2015Records 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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