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.
20,774 approved · 2,175 refused · 1,993 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
193 Wylds Lane, WR5 1EH
Received 19 Jan 2006Land off St Peters Drive and Rainthorpe Avenue.
Received 4 Nov 1996Former factory, 41 Checketts Lane, Worcester
Received 14 Oct 2004Prosser's Scrap Yard, Chequers Lane
Received 15 Feb 20064,5 and 5A New Street and 7 Charles Street
Received 25 Aug 1998On boundary of 11 Tearne Street and elec. sub-station.
Received 27 Jun 200111-13 Laugherne Road, WR2 5LP
Received 21 Dec 2004Industrial & Tractor Ltd, Navigation Road, WR5 3DF
Received 20 Apr 2001Land to the South of the City of Worcester Bath Road Worcester
Received 8 Jun 2026Field Adjacent to Hindlip Lane Worcester
Received 29 Apr 199821 St Georges Square Worcester Worcestershire WR1 1HX
Received 19 Dec 20224 Bramhope Close Worcester WR4 0BG
Received 10 Jun 202565 Battenhall Road WORCESTER WR5 2BP
Received 25 Mar 20208 CROOME ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4PL
Received 20 Aug 2018Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Bransford Road, WR2 4EN
Received 4 Sept 20088 Bull Ring Worcester
Received 7 Jun 2011128 Northwick Road Worcester WR3 7EE
Received 25 Mar 2020Diglis Basin Marina, Diglis Road, Worcester
Received 5 Oct 202047 Comer Road Worcester WR2 5HU
Received 17 Mar 1998251 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7BY
Received 6 Jul 2020Land at Spetchley Road, South East of County Hall
Received 29 Nov 199516 Partridge Close Worcester WR5 3SG
Received 18 Feb 202536 Laugherne Road, WR2 5LS
Received 18 Sept 2006UNIT 1, BLACKPOLE RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 8SQ
Received 11 Aug 2017Records 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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