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.
18,960 approved · 1,919 refused · 1,851 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Kastelli 38 Hillery Road Worcester WR5 1RF
Received 10 Jul 2023Land to rear of 33 Rainbow Hill Worcester
Received 15 Apr 200592 Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5DJ
Received 24 Mar 202514 Brookside Road Worcester WR2 5PS
Received 9 Jun 200348-50 High Street, Worcester WR1 2QB
Received 27 Mar 2009Sidbury House, College Street, Worcester
Received 7 Jun 2002The Shaw Trust Tolladine Road WORCESTER WR4 9NB
Received 27 Oct 2016The Haven Elm Road Worcester WR2 5LA
Received 27 Sept 2022Sebright Lawn, 2 Battenhall Road
Received 23 Nov 20001 Belmont Walk, WR3 7HY
Received 8 Jan 200736 Timberdine Avenue WORCESTER WR5 2BD
Received 29 Nov 202165 WYLDS LANE, WORCESTER WR5 1DF
Received 13 Mar 201730 Woodbridge Close, WR5 3BJ
Received 21 Jun 20054 Powderham Avenue, WR4 0DN
Received 1 Aug 2005One Stop Community Stores Ltd., 16 Brickfields Road, Worcester WR4 9TH
Received 28 Jan 2014Blackpole Retail Park, Blackpole Road, Worcester
Received 24 Feb 1999Land adjoining and Tweenways, Redhill Lane
Received 25 Jan 200843 Britannia Square
Received 20 Aug 20107 Goodwood Avenue Worcester WR5 2HR
Received 30 Dec 200339 Swinton Lane Worcester WR2 4JP
Received 7 Jun 2024Crowngate Centre Management 53 Friary Walk Worcester WR1 3LE
Received 29 Mar 2019Old Baskerville, Barbourne Road, Worcester, WR1 1RU
Received 1 May 201538 Northwick Close Worcester WR3 7EF
Received 11 Dec 2003Worcestershire Royal Hospital Charles Hastings Way WORCESTER WR5 1DD
Received 21 Jul 2011Records 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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