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.
17,463 approved · 1,731 refused · 1,731 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Shrubbery Avenue WORCESTER WR1 1QN
Received 31 Jan 2023Tybridge House 52 Tybridge Street Worcester WR2 5BA
Received 14 Mar 200322 Severn Terrace, WR1 3EH
Received 22 Oct 201034 Kingston Avenue, Worcester WR3 8PW
Received 17 Apr 20083 Topham Avenue, Worcester WR4 0PG
Received 13 Feb 200240 ST JOHNS, WORCESTER, WR2 5AJ
Received 26 Sept 2016282 Bath Road, Worcester, WR5 3ET
Received 21 Jan 2015168 Wylds Lane, WR5 1DN
Received 6 Sept 201236 Britannia Square, Worcester, WR1 3DH
Received 13 May 20158 Trent Road
Received 5 Jun 200123 Cope Road Worcester WR3 7JL
Received 3 Sept 2025West side of Woodgreen Drive opposite Dugdale Drive, WR4 0PP
Received 1 Nov 200436 The Shambles, WR1 2RE
Received 16 Sept 201024 Stanmore Road, WR2 4PW
Received 1 Apr 200813 Camp Hill Avenue
Received 28 Oct 2004Suzuki City & County, Farrier Street, Worcester WR1 3BH
Received 23 Feb 200546 Boughton Street, WR2 4HE
Received 11 Sept 200971 Bath Road, WR5 3AB
Received 19 Jul 2005157 Bromyard Road, WR2 5EA
Received 27 Jul 200467 Rainbow Hill, WR3 8NF
Received 18 Dec 200639 The Shambles, WR1 2RE
Received 9 May 2008124 COLUMBIA DRIVE, WORCESTER, WR2 4XU
Received 6 Sept 2018Harden Court Thorneloe Walk WORCESTER WR1 3JY
Received 15 Aug 20241 Battenhall Place, WR5 2DT
Received 10 Nov 2006Records 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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