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.
21,103 approved · 2,226 refused · 2,022 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 1988 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER WR1 1EE
Received 5 Feb 20168 PRIMROSE CRESCENT, WORCESTER, WR5 3HT
Received 28 Feb 201813 Edmonton Close Worcester WR2 4DQ
Received 22 Oct 200724 KINGSBURY ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4JH
Received 5 Jul 2016Bishop Perowne High School, Merrimans Hill
Received 8 May 200716 Alberta Close
Received 4 Jul 1995Phase 1 Keepers Hamlet East, Habington, Warndon
Received 5 Aug 1996Land at Henwick Halt, Henwick Road, Worcester
Received 26 Oct 2001'Saints Hill', Northwick Close, Worcester WR3 7EF
Received 24 Feb 199813 - 15 BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 3 Mar 2017Warndon Court Hamlet (Heywood North)
Received 7 Jul 199819 Poplar Avenue Worcester WR4 9TN
Received 27 Jun 2023108 Bromwich Road, WR2 4AP
Received 16 Jan 20025 Nash Close WORCESTER WR3 7YD
Received 30 Jan 2024Former Ronkswood Hospital Site, Newtown Road, Worcester
Received 4 Apr 2014St Helens, 16 Green Hill London Road, Worcester WR5 2AA
Received 16 May 20061 AVENUE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4ES
Received 24 Aug 20183 Bull Ring Worcester WR2 5AA
Received 28 Oct 1997128 Kingston Avenue, Worcester WR3 8PP
Received 12 May 201532 - 34 ST JOHNS, WORCESTER
Received 13 Apr 2017Isaac Maddox House, Shrub Hill Road
Received 31 Dec 1998220 Malvern Road, WR2 4LL
Received 27 Jan 200458 Southall Avenue, WR3 7LS
Received 28 Feb 201126 Norton Close, WR5 3EY
Received 1 Oct 2003Records 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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