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.
17,501 approved · 1,738 refused · 1,739 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 Goldsmith Road, WR4 9FW
Received 3 Jul 200927 Foxglove Road Worcester WR5 3HG
Received 5 Feb 2008Flat 3, 11 Bridge Street, Worcester WR1 3NJ
Received 13 Jan 2014East River Severn Side Park, WR1 3EJ
Received 12 Aug 200928 QUEBEC CLOSE, WORCESTER WR2 4DY
Received 9 Nov 2015King's School Worcester, College Green
Received 29 Aug 200129 Friar Street, Worcester WR1 2NA
Received 6 Oct 201461 Winchester Avenue, WR2 4JG
Received 4 Jun 2010Blackpole Retail Park, Unit 3 Blackpole Road Worcester WR3 8PQ
Received 30 Apr 202568 Bromwich Road, WR2 4AL
Received 11 Aug 201010 Joiners Close Worcester WR4 9XD
Received 25 Aug 200620 Hornsby Avenue Worcester WR4 0PN
Received 16 Aug 202238 Gilmour Crescent, Worcester WR3 7PJ
Received 22 Jun 2015Worcestershire County Schools Library Service Sherwood Lane Worcester WR2 4NU
Received 4 Mar 20203 BEECH AVENUE, WORCESTER WR3 8PZ
Received 22 Jan 20166 St Georges Square Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 25 Jun 202581 St Marks Close, WR5 3DB
Received 9 May 20029 Sansome Place
Received 29 May 20136 Attwood Place, WR4 0SW
Received 16 Aug 2013'Meadow View', Cornmeadow Lane, WR3 7PW
Received 22 Apr 200221 Cranesbill Drive, WR5 3HX
Received 3 May 200626 New Street Worcester WR1 2DP
Received 5 Nov 2025101 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7BT
Received 18 Dec 200923 Bozward Street Worcester WR2 5DE
Received 14 Oct 2019Records 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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