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.
17,213 approved · 1,697 refused · 1,700 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Wolsey Close, Worcester WR4 9ES
Received 6 May 200356 Monarch Drive, WR2 6ES
Received 19 Jul 2011Blackpole Retail Park Blackpole Road Worcester
Received 22 May 2014UPLANDS 51 BATTENHALL ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2BP
Received 19 Oct 201551 Windsor Avenue, Worcester WR2 5LZ
Received 19 Apr 20157 Leslie Avenue, WR3 7DF
Received 12 Nov 200277 LAUGHERNE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5LY
Received 9 Dec 2015ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL WORCESTER PLAYING FIELDS AND PAVILLION, FLAG MEADOW WALK, WORCESTER
Received 2 Feb 20172 Brook Cottage, Martley Road, WR2 6RG
Received 21 Nov 200355 HIMBLETON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 6BQ
Received 11 Mar 20169 Baynham Drive Worcester WR5 2NJ
Received 31 Jul 201916 Coventry Avenue, Worcester WR2 4LU
Received 8 May 2002Worcestershire Royal Hospital Charles Hastings Way Worcester WR5 1DD
Received 2 Aug 2018Unit C28 Chapel Walk Crowngate Shopping Centre Worcester
Received 31 Jul 201328 Cranham Drive, Worcester
Received 12 Jan 2010Woodside Lodge Lark Hill Road Worcester WR5 2EF
Received 8 Oct 20251 Chacewater Crescent, WR3 7AN
Received 15 Apr 200477 Longfellow Road Worcester WR3 8DH
Received 7 Dec 200642/42A Crowngate Shopping Centre, Friary Walk, WR1 3LE
Received 29 Dec 2008Christian Meeting Room, Diglis Lane
Received 8 Aug 2014THE HEATH MEADOWS, NUNNERY WAY, WORCESTER, WR4 0SQ
Received 7 Apr 2017Toby Carvery, Bath Road, WR5 3HW
Received 6 Jan 201212 NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1HF
Received 25 Jan 20173 Woodland Road
Received 14 Mar 2007Records 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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