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.
17,250 approved · 1,709 refused · 1,702 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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52 Broad Street, Worcester
Received 25 Apr 2008The Old Palace, Deansway
Received 5 Jun 2001Roundabout No. 9, Cotswold Way/Woodgreen Drive/Berkley Way/, Brindley Road, WR4 0EH
Received 8 Mar 2011Worcester Cathedral College Yard Worcester WR1 2LA
Received 18 Jan 2024The Berwick, 250 Bath Road, WR5 3ER
Received 9 Aug 20128 Ostler Drive WORCESTER WR2 6AF
Received 15 Nov 2004Acorns Childrens Hospice 350 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EZ
Received 24 Jul 2001Perrywood Walk WORCESTER WR5 1EG
Received 30 May 202229 Kingfisher Close Worcester WR5 3RY
Received 4 Jun 20198 St Georges Square, Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 23 Mar 201057 Battenhall Avenue, WR5 2HN
Received 30 Dec 2009Land south of Netherton Court, WR1 3PA
Received 17 Nov 2010The Shirehall Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1EQ
Received 21 Apr 2022212 BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4QB
Received 10 Mar 2016Roback Cottage, 22 St Georges Lane North, WR1 1QX
Received 24 Mar 200552 & 54 Park Avenue
Received 20 Feb 200120 SUMMER STREET, WORCESTER WR3 8BL
Received 19 May 2017Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, WR5 1DD
Received 12 Nov 2012238 Hylton Road Worcester WR2 5LA
Received 18 Oct 202140 BATTENHALL ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2BQ
Received 15 Feb 20172 Cumberland Street Worcester WR1 1QE
Received 25 Jul 2019Units F & G, Cosgrove Close, WR3 8UA
Received 26 Mar 200436 Victoria Avenue Worcester WR5 1ED
Received 21 Apr 202217 The Town House The Tything Worcester WR1 1HD
Received 12 Jan 2026Records 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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