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.
18,319 approved · 1,840 refused · 1,794 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 London Road, WR5 2DS
Received 3 Oct 201351 Battenhall Road, WR5 2BP
Received 25 Jul 2008The Farm House, Middle Battenhall Farm, Battenhall Rise, Worcester
Received 28 Mar 200017 SUDELEY AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR4 0EE
Received 30 Jan 201711 Tyne Close, WR5 1SE
Received 12 Jan 2004Gresham Road, WR2 5QR
Received 29 Apr 20135 Bull Ring Worcester WR2 5AA
Received 24 Aug 2020ROSE VIEW, CLAINES LANE, CLAINES, WORCESTER, WR3 7SS
Received 27 Oct 2018Royal Grammar School, Upper Tything, Worcester WR1 1HP
Received 2 Oct 2012Pitchcroft Car Park Severn Terrace Worcester
Received 5 Oct 20012-8 Bromyard Road, WR2 5BP
Received 30 Sept 201021 POPLAR AVENUE, WORCESTER
Received 5 Aug 201719 Ambleside Drive
Received 14 Nov 2003Premier Travel Inn at The Three Pears, Wainwright Road
Received 1 Sept 200632-34 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2SG
Received 26 Feb 200417 Chestnut Street, Worcester WR1 1PA
Received 11 Jun 200811 Green Hill Bath Road
Received 10 Sept 1999South Lea, Red Hill Lane, WR5 2JL
Received 3 Jul 2013Dovedale Nursery Walk Worcester WR2 4HD
Received 5 Jan 2021College House, 18-20 Barbourne Road, Worcester WR1 1HT
Received 19 May 200919 Great House Road, WR2 4HU
Received 3 Aug 201263 BATTENHALL ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2BP
Received 27 Feb 20174 Earlsdon Road, WR2 4PF
Received 20 Feb 2006HOLYWELL HOUSE, HOLYWELL HILL, WORCESTER, WR2 5NZ
Received 14 May 2018Records 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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