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.
18,800 approved · 1,902 refused · 1,845 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Readings House, St George's Square, Worcester
Received 23 Aug 199922 Nightingale Avenue, Worcester WR4 0LZ
Received 26 Feb 200737 Alton Road Worcester WR5 3RL
Received 30 Mar 20078 Bromwich Lane Worcester WR2 4BH
Received 23 Dec 20215 DOCKERAY AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR4 0RX
Received 16 Mar 201618 Coombs Road WORCESTER WR3 7JG
Received 25 Feb 202123 St John's
Received 16 Jun 20052 Hingley Avenue WORCESTER WR4 0PH
Received 31 Jul 2020University Of Worcester Henwick Grove WORCESTER WR2 6AJ
Received 17 Dec 20093 Hemsley Place, WR4 0QQ
Received 20 Oct 2003OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE RC PRIMARY SCHOOL, BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4EN
Received 28 Jan 2016Bromwich Road Allotments Bromwich Road Worcester WR2 4AR
Received 20 May 201348-50 Astwood Road, Worcester WR3 8EZ
Received 4 May 202049 Teme Road Worcester WR4 9AW
Received 4 Jun 202445 Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1EE
Received 25 Feb 200835 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1EE
Received 19 Mar 2021108 Bath Road, WR5 3EW
Received 23 Feb 200447 Hillery Road, WR5 1RF
Received 30 Dec 2013Orchard House Malvern Road WORCESTER WR2 4BS
Received 20 Jul 2018LAUGHERNE HOUSE, BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 5SJ
Received 20 Apr 2018197 Ombersley Road, WR3 7BX
Received 21 May 200313 Andrew Close Worcester
Received 17 Jul 2000St Georges R C Church Sansome Street Worcester WR1 1UG
Received 2 Jul 20195 & 6 Barbourne Terrace, Worcester
Received 21 Mar 2007Records 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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