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.
18,585 approved · 1,872 refused · 1,823 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Palace, Deansway, WR1 2JE
Received 15 Jul 2004Pavement opposite 102 High Street, Worcester
Received 12 Sept 202597A HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR1 2HW
Received 23 Apr 2018Southwick Lodge, Old Road, Worcester
Received 11 Jan 200816 Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1LN
Received 24 Oct 200736A Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DH
Received 20 May 20191 BATTENHALL WALK, WORCESTER, WR5 2BN
Received 24 Apr 201846 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DW
Received 6 Jan 20201 Hill View Road
Received 8 May 200014 The Foregate Worcester WR1 3QD
Received 26 Aug 202066 Park Avenue WORCESTER WR3 7AQ
Received 15 Apr 201516 Elm Green Close, WR5 3HD
Received 26 Feb 2010'Moran' Blanquettes Avenue, Worcester WR3 8DA
Received 2 Jan 2001Land Adj to The Meadows Hallow Road, WR2 6DF
Received 1 May 201427 St. Georges Square, WR1 1HX
Received 14 Feb 2014LAND AT GREAT WESTERN BUSINESS PARK, MCKENZIE WAY, WORCESTER
Received 20 Feb 2017Blackpole Retail Park Blackpole Road Worcester
Received 1 Nov 20052 CORN MARKET, WORCESTER, WR1 2DJ
Received 25 Nov 2017Heron Lodge, London Road, Worcester WR5 2EE
Received 21 Sept 201548 Meadow Road Worcester WR3 7PP
Received 26 Jul 20238 Friar Street, WR1 2LZ
Received 8 Dec 201151 BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER WR1 3HP
Received 2 Feb 2017107 Bransford Road Worcester WR2 4ET
Received 12 Jan 2023The Cottage, 38 Elizabeth Avenue, WR3 7HJ
Received 31 May 2002Records 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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