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.
17,516 approved · 1,738 refused · 1,739 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Holywell Hill WORCESTER WR2 5NZ
Received 14 Jul 2014Land adjacent to Springfield Road Worcester
Received 3 Jun 202579 London Road, WR5 2DZ
Received 19 Jun 200839 St. Dunstans Crescent, Worcester WR5 2AF
Received 17 Oct 2013Units C8 and C9 Chapel Walk Worcester
Received 28 Oct 201372 The Hill Avenue, WR5 2AG
Received 15 Dec 20057 Mortlake Avenue, WR5 1QD
Received 16 Oct 2009TINTERN AVENUE, WORCESTER
Received 17 Aug 20179 High Street
Received 4 Nov 200338 Woodbridge Close, Worcester WR5 3BJ
Received 25 Nov 2009Tesco Stores Ltd, Mill Wood Drive, WR4 0UJ
Received 8 Feb 2008Heron Lodge, London Road, Worcester, WR5 2EE
Received 2 Dec 2014Gresham Court, Shrubbery Avenue
Received 4 Nov 2005Various properties in Astwood Road, Church Road, Green Lane and Mayfield Road, Worcester
Received 11 Jul 2014168 Hallow Road, Worcester
Received 18 Mar 2015St Cuthberts Chapel (rear barn) Manor Farm Lowerwick Worcester
Received 11 Jan 2013104 London Road, WR5 2DY
Received 11 Mar 201123 Old Northwick Lane Worcester WR3 7NB
Received 27 Dec 20239-10 The Tything and Rear of 1 St Marys Street, Worcester
Received 13 Jan 200351- 53 Astwood Road WORCESTER WR3 8EP
Received 8 May 20216 Church Street, WR1 2RH
Received 31 May 201131 EVERARD CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR2 6ET
Received 5 Oct 20151 Lobelia Close, WR5 3RR
Received 14 Jul 20051 Corfe Avenue Worcester WR4 0EB
Received 18 Aug 2008Records 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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