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.
18,411 approved · 1,848 refused · 1,805 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Unit 6 Lowesmoor Trading Estate
Received 9 Jan 2012Diglis Basin, Diglis Dock Road & land rear of Berwick Street, Worcester
Received 14 Jun 200232 Ransom Avenue, WR5 3AL
Received 28 May 200940 Northwick Avenue Worcester WR3 7AS
Received 31 May 2023Persimmon Heights, Bransford Road, Worcester WR2 5YA
Received 5 Jun 201515 St. George's Square, WR1 1HX
Received 28 Jul 2003The Bedwardine, 128 Bromyard Road, Worcester WR2 5DJ
Received 20 Dec 2006St Oswalds Hospital, Upper Tything, Worcester, WR1 3HP
Received 31 Jan 2018167 Northwick Road Worcester WR3 7EQ
Received 23 Sept 20021-7 Popert Drive Worcester WR5 1SY
Received 29 Sept 20225 St Dunstans Close Worcester WR5 2AJ
Received 11 Jun 2021Lansdowne Lodge 3 Till Street WORCESTER WR3 8LL
Received 1 Dec 202031 Bromwich Road Worcester WR2 4AD
Received 24 Aug 202039 Regina Close, Worcester WR2 4DF
Received 16 Jul 2001Pine Lodge, 6 Battenhall Road, WR5 2BH
Received 12 Dec 201345A Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DW
Received 29 Nov 20231 Lock Cottages Diglis Island Navigation Road Worcester
Received 15 Sept 20116 BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER WR1 3DG
Received 25 May 201653 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BP
Received 29 Apr 2026Rosewaith, 1b Trotshill Lane West, WR4 0HH
Received 18 Oct 2010292 Tolladine Road Worcester WR4 9BA
Received 8 Feb 200012 Barbourne Terrace Worcester WR1 3JS
Received 12 Jan 20057 Bevere Close Worcester
Received 18 Apr 200842 Monarch Drive, WR2 6EP
Received 17 Nov 2009Records 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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