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.
20,038 approved · 2,058 refused · 1,945 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
95 London Road WORCESTER WR5 2DZ
Received 6 Jul 20206 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DB
Received 5 Dec 20078 Nailsworth Close WORCESTER WR4 9XQ
Received 21 Feb 202211 Draycote Close, WR5 3SY
Received 28 Dec 200655 Bromwich Road Worcester WR2 4AD
Received 28 May 2014109 Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4LJ
Received 10 May 200524 Kennet Green Worcester WR5 1JQ
Received 10 Jun 202426A Lowesmoor, Worcester WR1 2SG
Received 6 May 2017Thorneloe Place Thorneloe Walk Worcester WR1 3JY
Received 19 Jun 202643 Northwick Avenue Worcester WR3 7AS
Received 29 Oct 1996Little Hill Field Terrace Worcester WR5 3BN
Received 27 Aug 202510 Rainbow Hill Terrace, Worcester WR3 8NG
Received 25 Oct 199627 Walkers Lane Worcester WR5 2NN
Received 15 Aug 20251 Sapphire Crescent WORCESTER WR2 5PT
Received 19 Sept 2017Former Worcester Royal Infirmary Site, WR1 3AS
Received 10 Aug 2009Unit 7A, Worcester Trading Estate, Blackpole Road
Received 9 Sept 2004Evendine Pavillion And Playing Fields Evendine Close Worcester
Received 29 Sept 2006387 Ombersley Road WORCESTER WR3 7DA
Received 16 Aug 2024Worcester Cathedral, College Yard, WR1 2LA
Received 5 Nov 2009189 Bilford Road, WR3 8PH
Received 17 Mar 200523 Lambourne Crescent, WR2 6ER
Received 27 Aug 20109 BLENHEIM ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5NQ
Received 28 Apr 2016220 Malvern Road
Received 10 Aug 200125-27 Gillam Street, WR3 8JT
Received 6 Jan 2006Records 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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