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.
19,983 approved · 2,053 refused · 1,944 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Acorns Childrens Hospice, 350 Bath Road, WR5 3EZ
Received 26 Oct 201210 Astwood Road, WR3 8ET
Received 4 Oct 20047 Jacob Close, Worcester WR3 8QE
Received 21 Sept 2006Mayfield, 282 Malvern Road, Worcester WR2 4PA
Received 13 Jun 201933 Keswick Drive, WR4 9DS
Received 11 Mar 200947 Friar Street, Worcester WR1 2NA
Received 31 Oct 200227 Bloomfield Road Worcester WR2 4JN
Received 7 Aug 2019Adjacent 7 Saunders Street
Received 21 Mar 201472 Margaret Road, Worcester WR2 4LR
Received 28 Apr 200822 Foxwell Street, WR5 2EP
Received 23 Jan 20125 Topham Avenue Worcester WR4 0PG
Received 27 Aug 2020N.C.P. Car Park, former F.H. Burgess site, The Butts, Worcester
Received 7 Aug 1998Pals Residential Home 79 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7BT
Received 4 Sept 200048 Shrubbery Avenue Worcester WR1 1QH
Received 20 Feb 2024Waterside Basin Road WORCESTER WR5 3DA
Received 7 Jul 201152 Rainbow Hill Worcester WR3 8NL
Received 22 Aug 2002LAND ADJACENT TO 5 NASH CLOSE, WORCESTER WR3 7YD
Received 27 Sept 201671 Victoria Street, WR3 7BE
Received 7 May 2013130 Ombersley Road
Received 20 Feb 2003Block B7 Diglis Basin
Received 25 Jul 201227 Lister Avenue, WR4 0SG
Received 25 Jul 20057-9 Angel Street Worcester WR1 3QT
Received 11 Oct 200634 Canterbury Road, WR5 1PN
Received 13 Feb 20073 Drumbles Lane, WR4 0JX
Received 9 Jul 2010Records 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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