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.
20,725 approved · 2,169 refused · 1,991 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 SOMERS ROAD, WORCESTER, WR1 3JJ
Received 9 Jan 2017Golden City, 2A Brickfields Road
Received 25 Jun 200141 The Tything Worcester
Received 18 Feb 20134 Walmer Crescent Worcester WR4 0ES
Received 23 Jul 2003Roundabout at George Street, Pheasant Street, St Martins Gate Worcester
Received 12 Nov 202160 Bath Road, Worcester WR5 3EW
Received 11 Jan 202119 Bromyard Road, WR2 5BS
Received 4 Jul 2011Metro Bar, 35 St Nicholas Street
Received 15 Jun 200742 ORCHARD STREET, WORCESTER, WR5 3DY
Received 20 Jul 201610 Stroma Avenue Worcester WR5 3PJ
Received 31 Mar 2021Woodside, Lark Hill Road
Received 1 Jul 200590 Foley Road Worcester WR2 4NE
Received 8 May 2000Former Astwood Road Toilets, Astwood Road, Worcester
Received 24 Jun 2005Startins, 391 Ombersley Road, Worcester WR3 7DG
Received 18 Feb 19975 Claverham Close Worcester WR2 4NB
Received 1 Nov 200118 Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1LN
Received 5 Oct 200724 Hill View Road, WR2 4PJ
Received 31 Mar 2003The Old Stables,, 12b College Green, WR1 2LH
Received 23 Aug 201157 TEME ROAD, WORCESTER, WR4 9AW
Received 1 Mar 201642 Grosmont Avenue
Received 29 Sept 2006Astwood Cemetery Depot Area, Tintern Avenue, Worcester
Received 25 Apr 200732 Cavendish Street, Worcester WR5 3DU
Received 18 Jan 2011Homenash House St Georges Lane North Worcester WR1 1RG
Received 15 Sept 202045 Margaret Road Worcester WR2 4LX
Received 18 Aug 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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