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.
19,190 approved · 1,951 refused · 1,867 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
126 Penhill Crescent, Worcester WR2 5PZ
Received 22 May 201343 The Tything
Received 27 Mar 199817 Bomford Hill, Worcester WR4 0PW
Received 13 Jun 20122 Green Lane Bevere Worcester WR3 7QF
Received 27 Feb 202110 Fort Royal Lane Worcester Worcestershire WR5 1BX
Received 4 Jul 2022239 - 241 HENWICK ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5PG
Received 24 Nov 20155 Oriel Close Worcester WR4 9QD
Received 13 Jun 2022Grove House 58 Bath Road
Received 10 Apr 2007Highway trees at Broadway Grove
Received 9 Apr 200355 York Place Worcester WR1 3DS
Received 3 Apr 201914 Troutbeck Drive WORCESTER WR4 9DB
Received 14 Jul 2020Little Hill Field Terrace Worcester WR5 3BN
Received 19 Mar 2025THE PLAYING FIELDS ON THE, CORNER OF DROITWICH ROAD AND BILFORD ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 6 Nov 201869 Henwick Road Worcester WR2 5NY
Received 10 Aug 202012 Barbourne Terrace Worcester WR1 3JS
Received 2 Aug 2007Elgar Retail Park, Unit E Blackpole Road Worcester WR3 8HP
Received 7 Oct 2026220 NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1JF
Received 26 Oct 201515 ST SWITHINS STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2PS
Received 3 Nov 201560 Kingston Avenue Worcester WR3 8PW
Received 5 Aug 20255 Upper Park Street
Received 19 Oct 1999Land at Newtown Trading Estate, Newtown Road, Worcester
Received 29 Jun 1998Land at Pheasant Street/Cromwell Street, Worcester
Received 18 Jul 20013A Shrub Hill Retail Park, George Street, Worcester
Received 7 Dec 20096 Manor Road Worcester WR2 4PD
Received 22 Nov 2019Records 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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