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.
18,739 approved · 1,898 refused · 1,839 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 1988 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
103 Laugherne Road
Received 15 Mar 199926 Ombersley Road, WR3 7ET
Received 26 Jan 20121 Fish Street & 97a High Street, Worcester
Received 2 Oct 200111/13 Aconbury Close, WR5 1JD
Received 2 Nov 2009113 Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2LS
Received 10 Dec 2001103 Bath Road
Received 12 Feb 20041 College Precincts Worcester WR1 2LG
Received 11 Oct 202415 St Audries Road, WR5 2AL
Received 2 Feb 2009Barclays Bank, 54 High Street
Received 25 Nov 199812 Kendal Green, WR4 9NU
Received 18 Nov 200223B Avon Road, Worcester, WR4 9AF
Received 19 Nov 2014Former Granary Building At St Martins Quarter Silver Street Worcester,
Received 3 Apr 2019Arch 60 Farrier Street Worcester
Received 20 Mar 202014 The Foregate Worcester WR1 3QD
Received 7 Nov 2019181 Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4NN
Received 29 Aug 2003110 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BT
Received 23 Jul 20192 Hardknott Row WORCESTER WR4 0TD
Received 22 Aug 201836 Alberta Close WORCESTER WR2 4XJ
Received 29 Aug 20242 Barbourne Bank Turrall Street WORCESTER WR3 8AJ
Received 22 Nov 202244 YORK PLACE, WORCESTER WR1 3DS
Received 20 Mar 201713 Tansy Close, WR5 3SU
Received 27 Nov 200220 Norton Road, WR5 3BA
Received 16 Apr 20121 Malthouse Place, WR1 3HQ
Received 25 Nov 2008318 BATH ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 3ET
Received 25 Jan 2016Records 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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