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.
19,951 approved · 2,051 refused · 1,940 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Grove Crescent
Received 12 Dec 2008THE CAVALIER, 107 ST GEORGES LANE NORTH, WORCESTER, WR1 1QS
Received 23 May 20164 King Stephens Mount Worcester Worcestershire WR2 5PL
Received 27 Jul 202317 Catherine Road WORCESTER WR2 4JL
Received 23 Sept 1997Priors Copse 55 Northwick Close Worcester WR3 7EF
Received 19 Aug 2020Elgar House Shrub Hill Road Worcester WR4 9EE
Received 12 Feb 1998Nunnery Wood Primary School Prestwich Avenue Worcester WR5 1QE
Received 15 Dec 199958 Shrubbery Road Worcester WR1 1QR
Received 28 Aug 2025Teme Court Care Home, Old Road, WR2 4BU
Received 14 May 2014138 Battenhall Road Worcester Worcestershire WR5 2BT
Received 31 Aug 2023108 Foxwell Street WORCESTER WR5 2ET
Received 31 Oct 202460 Greathouse Road Worcester WR2 4HU
Received 8 Apr 19976 Mealcheapen Street Worcester WR1 2DH
Received 14 Feb 1997Rosedean, Lansdowne Crescent Lane
Received 30 Oct 2002144 Bromwich Road, Worcester WR2 4AS
Received 10 Oct 200848 Rainbow Hill Worcester WR3 8NL
Received 7 Oct 2004Rear of 24 & 26 Church Road fronting onto Green Lane
Received 19 May 2006REAR OF 31 HOPTON STREET, WORCESTER WR2 5LH
Received 4 May 201862 Gilmour Crescent Worcester WR3 7PJ
Received 30 Mar 20077 Link Elm Close Worcester WR2 4NG
Received 27 Jun 2025White Arrow Express Ltd London Road Worcester
Received 28 Oct 1997Cherry Orchard Primary School Timberdine Close WORCESTER WR5 2DD
Received 1 Jun 2023Rear of 99 Sidbury
Received 10 Jan 2008The Depot Yard, Coombs Road
Received 24 Apr 1997Records 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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