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.
20,866 approved · 2,192 refused · 1,998 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47B Avon Road Worcester WR4 9AG
Received 31 Aug 200643 Westminster Road, WR5 1PB
Received 5 Nov 2010250 Bransford Road
Received 28 Aug 201355 Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HN
Received 15 Nov 2024LAND AT, AUTUMN TERRACE, WORCESTER
Received 26 Jan 20171 Philip Road Worcester WR3 7HH
Received 5 Dec 200313 Hampton Close, Worcester WR2 5LX
Received 5 Aug 201553-54 High Street, WR1 2QQ
Received 31 Jul 2008Canal Siphon Portland Walk Worcester
Received 8 Sept 200361 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LY
Received 21 Jun 2023Land rear of No.5 Bull Ring Worcester
Received 26 Sept 2011Jamia Ghousia Mosque, Tallow Hill
Received 9 Feb 20068 Stanage Close, WR4 0HQ
Received 16 Mar 201017 Comer Gardens WORCESTER WR2 6JA
Received 21 Dec 202314-24 The Butts, Worcester WR1 3PA
Received 15 Dec 2003Dashwood House 36A Britannia Square WORCESTER WR1 3DH
Received 26 Jun 2018Land at Lowesmoor Trading Estate
Received 18 Apr 200824 FAIRBAIRN AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR3 7JJ
Received 11 Jul 201815 Harrington Road, WR2 5HB
Received 20 Aug 200426 PERRYWOOD WALK, WORCESTER WR5 1EH
Received 7 Apr 2016Diglis Weir near Weir Lane Worcester
Received 11 Feb 202126 Vancouver Close, WR2 4XS
Received 16 Mar 2004Lowes Garage, Unit 3 Weir Lane Industrial Estate, Weir Lane, WR2 4AY
Received 28 Nov 200044 Friar Street Worcester
Received 18 Sept 2006Records 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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