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.
17,684 approved · 1,762 refused · 1,745 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
140 Bransford Road WORCESTER WR2 4EU
Received 3 Jun 20167 Manor Road, WR2 4PD
Received 17 Aug 200439 BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER WR1 3DN
Received 4 Jan 20191-3 College Yard and 1 Deansway, WR1 2LB
Received 31 Jul 2006Unit 600, Great Western Business Park, Tolladine Road
Received 15 Jan 2009WICKES, SHRUB HILL RETAIL PARK, TALLOW HILL, WORCESTER, WR5 1HE
Received 13 Jan 201610 Robin Close WORCESTER WR5 3LS
Received 9 Mar 202288 Monarch Drive Worcester WR2 6ES
Received 15 Feb 200832 St Dunstans Close Worcester WR5 2AJ
Received 15 Aug 2003Powick Entrance and Chapel Walk Crowngate Shopping Centre Worcester WR1 2ES
Received 12 Dec 2024Tolladine Road Gas Works
Received 29 Dec 2000338 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7HE
Received 4 Jun 2007Northwick Service Station Ombersley Road Worcester Worcestershire WR3 7BT
Received 3 Oct 202417 Cleeve Drive, WR4 9JU
Received 23 Nov 201231 Park View Terrace Worcester WR3 7AG
Received 18 Dec 2024County House St Marys Street Worcester WR1 1HB
Received 27 Oct 202510 Kepax Gardens WORCESTER WR3 7LB
Received 22 Jan 2016Lowesmoor Wharf, Flat 2a Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 10 Jun 202672 Drovers Way Worcester WR3 8QD
Received 21 May 20029 Hever Avenue, WR4 0DQ
Received 31 Jan 200647 Gilmour Crescent Worcester WR3 7PJ
Received 21 Sept 202610 Columbia Drive, WR2 4DE
Received 10 Aug 2012St. Mark's in the Cherry Orchard, Orchard Street, WR5 3DW
Received 28 Nov 20133 ST JOHNS, WORCESTER
Received 18 May 2016Records 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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