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.
17,671 approved · 1,762 refused · 1,745 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45a Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1EE
Received 14 Oct 20139 Dorothy Crescent, WR3 7DD
Received 20 Feb 200630 Woodland Road Worcester WR3 8HH
Received 1 Feb 200845 Rainbow Hill, Worcester WR3 8NF
Received 9 Mar 2006PHOENIX HOUSE, 122 BROMYARD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5DJ
Received 6 May 20168 Dutton Street Worcester WR3 8NJ
Received 19 Jul 2022Hampton House, Lansdowne Walk, WR3 8JD
Received 18 Jan 201144 Beech Avenue, Worcester WR3 8PZ
Received 3 Dec 200725 Mortlake Avenue Worcester WR5 1QD
Received 6 Dec 20018 Springfield Close
Received 29 Jul 201046 High Street, Worcester
Received 21 Jul 2014The Town House 17 The Tything Worcester WR1 1HD
Received 1 Jul 2026116 Northwick Road, Worcester WR3 7EE
Received 26 Jun 2012Riverbank Site, Diglis Dock Road
Received 5 Sept 200750 PRESTWICH AVENUE, WORCESTER WR5 1QF
Received 14 Feb 20171A St Johns Worcester WR2 5AE
Received 28 Oct 2011HSBC Bank PLC, 6 Broad Street, WR1 2EJ
Received 19 Jan 2006Heenan & Froude Social Club, Sansome Place, Worcester WR1 1UA
Received 21 Feb 2013242 Hylton Road, WR2 5LA
Received 30 Sept 200824 FERN ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 6HR
Received 3 Oct 2017Land east of Nunnery Way
Received 19 Jul 201731 Boughton Avenue Worcester WR2 5EH
Received 6 Aug 2001South Quay Worcester
Received 15 Oct 2014University Park, Bromyard Road
Received 21 Oct 2013Records 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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