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.
18,749 approved · 1,898 refused · 1,839 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Ground Floor, 36 Foregate Street, WR1 1EE
Received 4 Aug 200052 Carlisle Road Worcester WR5 1HX
Received 24 Apr 2020Netherton Court, Unit 2 Infirmary Walk Worcester WR1 3AU
Received 10 Oct 2025Chacewater House, Chacewater Avenue
Received 17 Jun 2002Former public conveniences, Quay Street
Received 18 Mar 20083 Loves Grove, WR1 3BU
Received 1 Jul 20039 Leslie Avenue, WR3 7DF
Received 7 Apr 2006100 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EW
Received 17 Oct 2022Lansdowne Rise (S side of site adjacent Lansdowne Crescent) Worcester
Received 16 Feb 202145 Holly Mount, Worcester WR4 9SF
Received 22 Oct 20241 Barbourne Terrace, WR1 3JS
Received 23 Jul 2013University Of Worcester City Campus Infirmary Walk Worcester WR1 3AS
Received 6 Jan 20203 Northfield Street, Worcester WR1 1NS
Received 5 May 20053 Ambleside Drive Worcester WR4 9DA
Received 9 Jun 202511 Barbourne Terrace
Received 27 Nov 20086 Claverham Close Worcester WR2 4NB
Received 21 Feb 2003Land adjacent to the White House, Spetchley Road
Received 4 Oct 19998-10 The Moors, WR1 3EE
Received 21 Nov 200367 MARTLEY ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 6HH
Received 23 Jan 2018WORCESTER SIXTH FORM COLLEGE SPETCHLEY ROAD WORCESTER
Received 20 Nov 201744 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LR
Received 29 Jun 2023Former Fire Station Copenhagen Street Worcester WR1 2EB
Received 4 Feb 2022Friends Mews, Sansome Place, WR1 1UG
Received 2 Aug 2013144 Bromwich Road, WR2 4AS
Received 2 Nov 2009Records 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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