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.
18,982 approved · 1,926 refused · 1,851 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Leslie Avenue Worcester WR3 7DF
Received 9 Jun 20068 Bevere Close South Worcester WR3 7QN
Received 10 Oct 20256 Burtree Avenue, Worcester, WR4 0NQ
Received 5 Dec 201424 St Georges Square Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 4 Nov 202420 Purleigh Avenue, WR4 0DX
Received 27 May 2004Unit 7 Lowesmoor Trading Estate
Received 9 Jan 2012Aldi Pheasant Street WORCESTER WR1 2DZ
Received 13 Sept 2019125 Comer Road WORCESTER WR2 5JD
Received 15 Mar 20227-9 Angel Street
Received 7 Aug 200636 Broad Street, WR1 3NH
Received 16 Aug 20023 Turnpike Close Worcester WR2 6AB
Received 31 May 202423 Bozward Street Worcester WR2 5DE
Received 7 May 202023 Alton Road, WR5 3RL
Received 29 Jun 201054 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DX
Received 23 May 20005 Avenue Road Worcester WR2 4ES
Received 24 Mar 200317 Dover Avenue, WR4 0LA
Received 19 Sept 2011The Haven Droitwich Road WORCESTER WR3 7SW
Received 22 Jul 2020Good News, 29 The Cross, WR1 3PZ
Received 1 Feb 201330 Bolton Avenue, WR4 0ST
Received 13 Sept 20102nd Floor Office, St Swithins House, Trinity Street
Received 2 Jan 20026 Kingston Avenue, Worcester WR3 8PW
Received 6 Mar 20033 Chester Close, Worcester WR5 1QZ
Received 8 Aug 2014Worcester Cathedral, College Yard
Received 20 Apr 1998LYCHGATE SHOPPING CENTRE, LYCHGATE, WORCESTER, WR1 2LU
Received 8 Feb 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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