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.
18,299 approved · 1,838 refused · 1,794 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 1988 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Alice Ottley School, Upper Tything, WR1 1HW
Received 29 Mar 2000Oldbury Road Allotments Woodstock Road Worcester WR2 5NF
Received 18 Jun 2013163 Canterbury Road Worcester WR5 1PF
Received 10 Jun 2025Unit 1 Newport House Newport Street Worcester
Received 14 Nov 2012268A Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4PA
Received 15 Sept 202013 Green Lane, Bevere, Worcester WR3 7QG
Received 5 Dec 200045 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BQ
Received 12 Feb 2021VICTORIA HOUSE, 63 FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 1DX
Received 27 Jul 2016Oaklands Court, 62 Battenhall Road, WR5 2BP
Received 7 Oct 2005ASPIRE ACADEMY BRIDGWATER ROAD WORCESTER
Received 26 Jul 20166 EDWARD CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR5 1DE
Received 14 Dec 20182 KINGSBURY ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4JH
Received 30 Jan 2018The Beeches 159B London Road Worcester WR5 2EE
Received 25 Sept 2019Unit L5, Blackpole Trading Estate East
Received 29 Jun 2004174 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3ER
Received 5 Nov 2025Calor Gas Limited Trow Way Worcester
Received 14 Jun 201890 London Road, Worcester, WR5 2DY
Received 23 Jul 201551 Britannia Square, WR1 3HP
Received 11 Aug 2010Westbrook Court, 59-61 Bromyard Road
Received 3 Feb 2011Tesco Stores Ltd Mill Wood Drive Worcester WR4 0UJ
Received 18 Jul 201611 Shap Drive Worcester WR4 9NX
Received 26 Jul 2022The Old Palace, Deansway, WR1 2JE
Received 17 Jun 2013158 Ombersley Road WORCESTER WR3 7HA
Received 22 Feb 2024Sports Arena, Hylton Road, WR2 5JN
Received 16 Oct 2012Records 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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