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.
18,413 approved · 1,848 refused · 1,805 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
61 Broad Street, Worcester WR1 3LY
Received 1 Apr 20047 St Marks Close, WR5 3DJ
Received 20 Sept 2002University Of Worcester City Campus Infirmary Walk Worcester Worcestershire WR1 3AS
Received 11 Oct 2023Great Tolladine Farmhouse Berkeley Way
Received 15 Mar 20064a TRENT ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1LB
Received 31 Mar 2016Diglis Weir Worcester
Received 3 Jan 2019WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHARLES HASTINGS WAY, WORCESTER, WR5 1DD
Received 31 Oct 2017Homebase, Elgar Retail Park, Blackpole Road
Received 24 Mar 200315 Norton Close, Worcester WR5 3EY
Received 3 Mar 20221 EXETER ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1NS
Received 12 Dec 201822 Ludstock Close, WR5 2NF
Received 30 Jan 2004PITMASTON HOUSE, MALVERN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4LL
Received 15 Feb 2016WORCESTER GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB, BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4EZ
Received 23 Mar 2018BUILDNGS FARM, HINDLIP LANE, WORCESTER, WR3 8SB
Received 1 Feb 2017Farrier House, Farrier Street, Worcester WR1 3BH
Received 1 Sept 2008ASPIRE ACADEMY BRIDGWATER ROAD WORCESTER
Received 28 Mar 201816 Washington Street Worcester WR1 1NL
Received 6 Mar 2026STUDENT ACCOMMODATION FARRIER HOUSE, FARRIER STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 3BH
Received 26 Jan 20185 Six Acres Croft, WR4 0LQ
Received 4 Apr 20088 Seymour Avenue Worcester WR3 7LT
Received 28 Jul 1999Units 3 & 4 Shipston Close
Received 16 Jun 20047 Heather Close, WR5 3LX
Received 3 Jul 20084 HAMILTON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1AG
Received 21 Oct 2015Vicarage Court St Pauls Street Worcester WR1 2BP
Received 3 Sept 2025Records 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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