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.
19,423 approved · 1,975 refused · 1,890 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 1988 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land lying to the west and south of Toronto Close Worcester
Received 31 Mar 202349 WOLSEY CLOSE, WORCESTER WR4 9ES
Received 23 Feb 2018Mobile Electrics, Gregorys Mill Street
Received 3 Sept 1999Land to the north of The Butts, WR1 3PA
Received 16 May 2011Cripplegate Park, Tybridge Street
Received 7 Jan 200541 Stirling Avenue, WR4 0EJ
Received 9 Jul 200212 BECKETT DRIVE, WORCESTER WR3 7BZ
Received 26 Sept 2018Land off Swinesherd Way, WR5 1RU
Received 4 Apr 2011St Oswalds Almshouses The Tything Worcester
Received 6 Oct 201042 & 43 Foregate Street, Worcester
Received 12 Feb 2002Huntingdon Hall, Chapel Walk, WR1 3LD
Received 22 May 200834 Boughton Street Worcester WR2 4HE
Received 23 Jul 199934 Woodstock Road WORCESTER WR2 5NE
Received 14 Sept 20234A Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LH
Received 6 Sept 2001Tourist Information Centre, South Wing Guildhall, WR1 2EY
Received 11 Mar 201140 Pinkett Street Worcester WR3 7EB
Received 6 Aug 2019Rear of 54 London Road, WR5 2DS
Received 6 Aug 200410 Wheatfield Avenue, Worcester WR5 3HA
Received 9 Aug 201324B Barbourne Road, Worcester
Received 24 Apr 2020Diglis House Hotel, Severn Street, Worcester WR1 2NF
Received 10 May 200416 Rose Hill Worcester WR5 1EY
Received 24 Nov 2019Dolphin Showers Bromwich Road Worcester
Received 7 Sept 1998Land at Carmichael Works, off Gregory's Mill Street/Crown St., Worcester
Received 16 Aug 1996Worcester City Football Ground St Georges Lane North Worcester
Received 10 Dec 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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