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.
17,056 approved · 1,677 refused · 1,673 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land to rear of 200A Bilford Road, WR3 8HL
Received 22 Oct 20122 Sandys Road Worcester WR1 3HE
Received 16 Mar 200419-21 St Johns WORCESTER WR2 5AE
Received 3 Jan 20231 Sherwood Lane, Worcester WR2 4NU
Received 25 May 20102 STEPHENSON TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR1 3EA
Received 24 Feb 2017Lloyds TSB Bank, The Cross
Received 10 Jan 200766 Timberdine Avenue, WR5 2BD
Received 20 May 2014YAMAZAKI MAZAK UK LTD, BADGEWORTH DRIVE, WORCESTER, WR4 9NF
Received 8 Aug 2018Nunnery Wood High School, Spetchley Road
Received 5 Dec 200718 Woodstock Road Worcester WR2 5NE
Received 30 Mar 2021Royal Worcester Porcelain Site, Severn St - Exhibition House - Worcester
Received 2 Aug 2007Red Hill CE Primary School, Midhurst Close, WR5 2HX
Received 2 Feb 200523 Diglis Road, WR5 3BW
Received 23 May 20112 St Annes Close Worcester WR3 7PS
Received 25 May 2021Land to the rear of 5 Green Lane, Worcester, WR3 7AG
Received 22 Jul 201543 Arrowsmith Avenue, Worcester WR2 5JA
Received 11 Feb 2004BISHOPS HOUSE, 18 LANSDOWNE CRESCENT, WORCESTER, WR3 8JH
Received 2 Aug 2018330 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EX
Received 10 Sept 2025Santander, 2 The Cross, WR1 3PT
Received 4 Feb 2010Mcdonalds Restaurant, 17 The Foregate, Worcester WR1 3QF
Received 8 Sept 2006Sansome Point 16 - 18 Sansome Street Worcester WR1 1UH
Received 10 Apr 2001(Land at) 124 Columbia Drive, Worcester WR2 4XU
Received 2 Apr 2008153 Ombersley Road, WR3 7BX
Received 2 May 2006Halifax Plc, 12 St. Swithins Street, WR1 2PT
Received 9 Aug 2013Records 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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