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.
18,656 approved · 1,881 refused · 1,828 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Friar Street Worcester WR1 2LZ
Received 25 May 2016Mount Battenhall Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HP
Received 16 Aug 201977 Winchester Avenue, WR2 4JG
Received 21 Sept 2010FORMER ROYAL PORCELAIN WORKS, SEVERN STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2NE
Received 21 Oct 2016The Alice Ottley School, Upper Tything, WR1 1HW
Received 24 Apr 200821 Battenhall Rise Worcester WR5 2DE
Received 12 Apr 20004 Lansdowne Road Worcester WR1 1ST
Received 17 Jul 2007Perdiswell Leisure Centre Bilford Road Worcester WR3 8DX
Received 1 Dec 200647 Elbury Park Road, WR4 9BH
Received 21 Feb 201488A Henwick Road, Worcester WR2 5NY
Received 26 Mar 2010ACIO 44 Foregate Street
Received 23 Jul 2003Noele Court, Tuffrey Close, WR3 7JR
Received 18 Jun 201242 Queenswood Drive, WR5 3SZ
Received 26 May 2010Sainsbury's Store, Swanpool Walk, St Johns, Worcester WR2 4EL
Received 5 Oct 201115 York Place Worcester WR1 3DR
Received 17 Dec 2019Lambert Court, Lambert Road
Received 7 Jan 200058 London Road Worcester WR5 2DS
Received 2 Apr 201939 Kentmere Close Worcester
Received 24 Jul 200950 LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 3 Apr 2017Shrub Hill Retail Park, Unit 6b George Street Worcester WR1 2DD
Received 5 Sept 2024358 Ombersley Road WORCESTER WR3 7HE
Received 29 Aug 201823 Evendine Close, WR5 2DB
Received 27 Oct 2003411 ASTWOOD ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 8HB
Received 2 Nov 201817 Bramhope Close, WR4 0BG
Received 29 Apr 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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