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.
20,196 approved · 2,081 refused · 1,957 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Baskerville Barbourne Road Worcester WR1 1RU
Received 18 Dec 2025Farrier House, Farrier Street, WR1 3BH
Received 21 May 2009CAMELOT HOUSE, 60 BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 4 Mar 2016The Welcome Inn, 75 Wylds Lane, Worcester WR5 1DF
Received 18 Mar 199951A Upper Tything, Worcester, WR1 1JY
Received 28 May 201311 Gheluvelt Park Worcester WR3 7AA
Received 3 May 199647 Friar Street Worcester WR1 2NA
Received 13 Jun 2001Park View House, 13 Wylds Lane
Received 4 Nov 2005Tunnel Hill/Sycamore Road
Received 3 Aug 19983 Winterburn Road Worcester WR2 6DW
Received 11 Oct 200061 Canada Way, WR2 4XA
Received 31 Aug 200529 The Tything Worcester WR1 1JL
Received 20 Oct 1999The King's School, Severn Street, WR1 2LH
Received 19 Nov 201034 Elizabeth Avenue Worcester
Received 5 Mar 2014Worcester Sixth Form College, Spetchley Road, WR5 2LU
Received 7 Jun 201077 Newtown Road Worcester WR5 1HH
Received 19 Jul 199627 New Street Worcester WR1 2DP
Received 17 Jul 199859 BATTENHALL ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2BP
Received 20 Nov 2018Spire Southbank Hospital 139 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3AG
Received 11 Sept 202624 Melrose Close Worcester WR2 5JE
Received 31 May 200010 Great Oaty Gardens, WR4 0HD
Received 2 Jun 2005Land adjacent to 57 Stainburn Close, Worcester WR2 5QJ
Received 15 Oct 2021Tunnel Hill Mast, Sycamore Road
Received 13 Mar 1998110 Tetbury Drive Worcester WR4 9LS
Received 11 Mar 2003Records 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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