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.
20,128 approved · 2,070 refused · 1,952 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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1b Trotshill Lane West, WR4 0HH
Received 19 May 2003Crown Stores, 30 Astwood Road
Received 25 Apr 20024 Heather Close Worcester WR5 3LX
Received 25 Mar 2003Former Mann Egerton Garage, Castle Street/Easy Row
Received 18 Sept 199847b Teme Road Worcester
Received 13 May 2014Land off Windermere Drive & Fairfield Close
Received 28 Sept 2004THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, 13 CORN MARKET, WORCESTER
Received 9 Oct 20179 Milret Close Worcester WR3 8XF
Received 13 May 2020Tesco, Millwood Drive, WR4 0UJ
Received 13 Jan 1999Great Western Business Park, Land off McKenzie Way, WR4 9GN
Received 21 Jun 201639/41 Keswick Drive, WR4 9DS
Received 15 Oct 2001174 Wylds Lane, WR5 1DN
Received 17 Jul 20088 ST GEORGES SQUARE, WORCESTER WR1 1HX
Received 14 Sept 20169 BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER, WR1 3DG
Received 6 Jul 2018Units 101 & 102 Great Western Business Park, Tolladine Road, WR4 9PT
Received 17 Nov 200812 Hanbury Park Road Worcester WR2 4PQ
Received 9 Nov 199926 Northwick Road, Worcester, WR3 7DS
Received 6 Jan 2015Land at Fairhaven, Northwick Road, Worcester WR3 7RF
Received 12 Jul 2005Sainsburys, Wainwright Road, WR4 9FA
Received 27 Oct 1999Salon At 209 Bilford Road Worcester WR3 8HL
Received 16 Nov 2023Woodside Perry Wood Walk Worcester
Received 10 Dec 200124 Goodwood Avenue
Received 4 Feb 2008Land at Henwick Halt, Henwick Road, Worcester
Received 8 Feb 20001 Corfe Avenue Worcester WR4 0EB
Received 16 Jul 2019Records 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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