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.
18,417 approved · 1,851 refused · 1,806 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Foxwell Street, WR5 2ET
Received 2 Sept 2011108 Bromwich Road WORCESTER WR2 4AP
Received 24 Feb 202244 Colin Road Worcester WR3 7DE
Received 19 Jun 200725 Woodland Road, Worcester WR3 8HH
Received 11 Feb 202010 Field Walk Worcester WR5 3AN
Received 10 Jan 2025Pavement adjacent to 83 Woodland Road
Received 20 Feb 20019 Green Hill Bath Road, WR5 2AT
Received 18 Jun 2004Woodside Grange, Lark Hill Road, Worcester, Worcs, WR5 2EF
Received 22 Apr 201541A The Tything, Worcester WR1 1JT
Received 10 Sept 2008147 Comer Road Worcester WR2 5JD
Received 30 Aug 2000Cathedral Square
Received 2 Sept 201535 Wells Road, WR5 1NN
Received 25 Feb 20102 King Stephens Mount Worcester WR2 5PL
Received 10 Feb 2025Blessed Edward Oldcorne R C School, Timberdine Avenue, Worcester WR5 2XD
Received 19 Sept 200550 Silverdale Avenue, WR5 1PX
Received 28 Aug 2008258 Wylds Lane, Worcester WR5 1DZ
Received 21 Dec 2012Units A-E Cosgrove Close, WR3 8UA
Received 9 Apr 2013Ivy Gate 29 Chestnut Walk WORCESTER WR1 1PR
Received 23 Jun 2017Treetops, 11 Barbourne Lane, Worcester
Received 25 Mar 200847 Britannia Square, WR1 3DW
Received 20 Dec 2010Grove House, 1 Loves Grove, WR1 3BU
Received 18 Apr 2012Cathedral Square Shopping Centre High Street Worcester
Received 28 Apr 2015The Nook Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HW
Received 4 Feb 20212 Field Walk
Received 19 Nov 2003Records 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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