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.
20,500 approved · 2,128 refused · 1,976 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Bullfinch Close Worcester WR5 3SL
Received 29 Jun 202353A Himbleton Road, WR2 6BQ
Received 26 Jan 20011 Malvern Road Worcester
Received 15 Jul 2019231 Ombersley Road Worcester Worcestershire WR3 7BY
Received 27 Mar 202419 Woodstock Road WORCESTER WR2 5ND
Received 9 Mar 20216 Croome Road, WR2 4PL
Received 23 Feb 2009Land at Gresham Road, Worcester
Received 26 Jul 201286 Sidbury Worcester WR1 2HY
Received 27 Nov 20072 Millbrook Close, Worcester WR3 7BJ
Received 8 Feb 200733 Woodbridge Close, Worcester, WR5 3BJ
Received 8 Feb 2015Plot 72 Abbots Mews, Wall Meadow, TV1
Received 4 Dec 199720 Devon Road, WR5 1QQ
Received 3 Jan 200197A HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR1 2HW
Received 14 Apr 201823 BOZWARD STREET, WORCESTER, WR2 5DE
Received 23 Oct 201833 Beech Avenue Worcester WR3 8PY
Received 4 Mar 20021 Ferndale Close, WR3 7QU
Received 4 Dec 199744 Mortlake Avenue WORCESTER WR5 1QB
Received 16 Feb 2021MEB Offices, Blackpole Road
Received 2 Sept 199917 Shrubbery Avenue
Received 30 Jan 200861 Chelmsford Drive Worcester WR5 1QX
Received 3 Dec 2007Redhill Baptist Church, 12 Cannon Street
Received 19 Nov 20076 Swinton Lane, WR2 4JT
Received 14 Aug 2006Rainbow Hill Railway Embankment
Received 3 Nov 1998Haresfield Close Worcester WR4 9LQ
Received 28 May 2026Records 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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