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.
18,575 approved · 1,870 refused · 1,816 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Bilford Avenue Worcester WR3 8PJ
Received 12 Aug 20226 St George's Square, WR1 1HX
Received 19 Mar 2003The Coach House Sherwood Lane Worcester WR2 4NX
Received 18 Feb 2025UNIT A1 A2, BLACKPOLE EAST, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 8SG
Received 3 Sept 2018Bicknell's Vauxhall, Shipston Close, WR4 9XN
Received 8 Aug 200522 Coleridge Close Worcester WR3 8EF
Received 24 Jun 1999Worcester Garden Centre, Droitwich Road, WR3 7SW
Received 6 Dec 2000107 Windermere Drive, WR4 9JF
Received 7 Mar 2012Unity House Stanley Road Worcester WR5 1BE
Received 6 Jun 2023The Shirehall Foregate Street Worcester Worcestershire WR1 1EQ
Received 2 Nov 2022Unit rear of I.J.F Body Repairs, Watery Lane
Received 19 Jul 200741 Friar Street, Worcester WR1 2NA
Received 4 Apr 2006The Mosque Building, Tallow Hill
Received 31 May 200528 Sandys Road, WR1 3HE
Received 15 Jul 201319 The Avenue,, Bromwich Road, WR2 4AN
Received 21 Jan 2014On Site South Midlands Ltd Lark Hill Worcester
Received 12 Jul 2000Tesco Stores Ltd, St. Peters Drive, WR5 3SW
Received 3 Mar 2014Millington House, 15 Lansdowne Crescent, WR3 8JE
Received 18 Oct 2011Lowesmoor Trading Estate, Worcester
Received 3 May 20067 St Catherine's Hill, WR5 2EA
Received 25 Sept 2001Queen Elizabeth Almshouses, Upper Tything, WR1 1HS
Received 28 Nov 20033 Seymour Avenue WORCESTER WR3 7LT
Received 25 Jul 202439 The Tything Worcester WR1 1JL
Received 24 Jan 200011 Westbourne Close, WR2 5NU
Received 7 Dec 2000Records 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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