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.
19,690 approved · 2,014 refused · 1,914 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
28 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DS
Received 27 Nov 2006Pig And Drum 53 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 3 Jun 202039/41 Keswick Drive, Warndon, Worcestershire, WR4 9DS
Received 28 Aug 2015Llanberis Bath Road Worcester WR5 3HW
Received 7 Oct 202518 Otley Close Worcester WR4 0BJ
Received 31 Aug 200551 Teme Road, WR4 9AW
Received 26 Feb 2009381 Bath Road, WR5 3BE
Received 21 Aug 200657 Diglis Lane, Worcester WR5 3DQ
Received 15 Aug 2008Three Counties House, Rainbow Hill, Worcester, WR3 8LX
Received 8 Sept 20156 Mortlake Avenue Worcester WR5 1QD
Received 15 Dec 202114 Lyttleton Street, WR1 3JN
Received 5 Nov 20133 Lansdowne Crescent WORCESTER WR3 8JE
Received 15 May 2023Springfield, Britannia Square, Worcester WR1 1HW
Received 22 Jun 1998Tesco Stores Ltd, Mill Wood Drive, Worcester
Received 16 Apr 2008200A Bilford Road, Worcester, WR3 8HL
Received 6 Oct 201552 Prestwich Avenue Worcester WR5 1QF
Received 16 Mar 2021Waterside 3 Princess Drive Worcester WR1 2PD
Received 25 Mar 202420 Greenford Gardens, Worcester WR2 6HQ
Received 7 Jan 200594 BATH ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 7 Sept 2016Deco Cafe 3-4 Crown Passage, WR1 3LL
Received 25 Aug 20065 Cleeve Drive, WR4 9JU
Received 28 Jan 20145 Bull Ring Worcester WR2 5AA
Received 19 Nov 2024Royal Grammar School Worcester Upper Tything Worcester WR1 1HP
Received 11 Mar 2021The Goodrest Barker Street WORCESTER WR3 8NP
Received 21 Nov 2017Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage