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.
17,452 approved · 1,731 refused · 1,731 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Lilac Avenue Worcester WR4 9QU
Received 24 Jul 200317 Waverley Street Worcester WR5 3DH
Received 14 Mar 201924 Stanmore Road, WR2 4PW
Received 10 Feb 2009Nunnery Wood High School, Spetchley Road, WR5 2LT
Received 14 Aug 20121 Chepstow Avenue, Worcester, WR4 0EF
Received 30 Jun 201553-54 Flat 5 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LR
Received 11 Nov 2025Warndon Youth & Community Centre, Shap Drive
Received 3 Apr 201440 BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER WR1 3DN
Received 13 Nov 20178 Angel Street
Received 9 May 200736 CARDEN STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2AT
Received 20 Apr 201626 Stanmore Road, WR2 4PW
Received 23 Jun 2003152 BILFORD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 8PH
Received 11 Jul 2018St Marys Hall, Northfield Street
Received 14 Dec 2006Welland House, 43 Bromyard Road, WR2 5BZ
Received 5 Mar 2009Whittington Road Service Station Whittington Road Worcester WR5 2JY
Received 5 Mar 20206 St Moritz Close, WR3 7ND
Received 22 Dec 200323 Claverham Close, WR2 4NB
Received 18 Jan 200533 Britannia Square, WORCESTER, WR1 3DH
Received 27 Jan 20182 Farne Avenue Worcester WR5 3PH
Received 6 Sept 202141 Dorothy Crescent Worcester Worcestershire WR3 7DD
Received 4 Sept 202327 ST JOHNS, WORCESTER, WR2 5AG
Received 15 Aug 20181 Holywell Hill, Worcester, WR2 5NZ
Received 9 Mar 2015Land adjacent to 6 Knight Street
Received 31 Jan 20085 BLENHEIM ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5NQ
Received 6 Apr 2017Records 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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