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.
20,636 approved · 2,148 refused · 1,985 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent 225 Tolladine Road
Received 19 Oct 2000Unit 4 Netherton Court Infirmary Walk WORCESTER WR1 3AU
Received 14 Jun 20188 CHASE END CLOSE, WORCESTER WR5 2BY
Received 23 Nov 2016150 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BT
Received 7 Sept 2022Charter Place, WR1 3BX
Received 20 Apr 201075 Ambleside Drive Worcester WR4 9DA
Received 17 Jun 20146 Edgar Street Worcester WR1 2LR
Received 8 Sept 2020St Helens, 16 Green Hill London Road, WR5 2AA
Received 16 May 2006Land at Aconbury Hamlet
Received 21 Mar 1997St Wulstans Lodge, Athelstan Road
Received 8 Jun 2001222 Tolladine Road, WR4 9AU
Received 6 Nov 2006Beatties Department Store, Crowngate
Received 21 Sept 20001 HERON LODGE, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER WR5 2EE
Received 3 Aug 201812 Blenheim Road Worcester WR2 5NG
Received 6 Mar 202620 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DG
Received 25 Apr 1996Unit 1 Blackpole Retail Park Blackpole Road Worcester WR3 8SQ
Received 27 Nov 2020THE COMMANDERY, SIDBURY, WORCESTER WR1 2HU
Received 25 May 201720 Bittern Road, WR5 3LT
Received 31 Aug 2006Perdiswell Cottage Bilford Road WORCESTER WR3 8QA
Received 21 Dec 20236 King Stephens Mount
Received 21 May 2007Unit 17 Shipston Close Worcester WR4 9XN
Received 8 Nov 200429 Cole Hill Worcester WR5 1DG
Received 19 Jan 202619-23 Checketts Lane, Worcester
Received 22 Apr 20042 Bright Avenue, WR4 0QR
Received 13 Aug 2002Records 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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