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.
21,140 approved · 2,231 refused · 2,028 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
41 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DN
Received 20 Mar 2003The Alice Ottley School, Upper Tything
Received 20 Dec 1994Sports Arena, former Fruit & Vegetable Market, land adjoining Hylton Road, WR25JN
Received 15 May 2012Bosch Thermotechnology Uk Ltd Cotswold Way Worcester
Received 9 Jun 20228 Albany Terrace WORCESTER WR1 3DU
Received 2 May 202215 Park View Terrace Worcester WR3 7AG
Received 29 Jul 2020Waterside Basin Road Worcester WR5 3DA
Received 12 Aug 20265 Wych Elm Close, WR5 2EN
Received 23 Aug 20105 Arundel Drive
Received 27 Feb 2004Suzuki City & County, Farrier Street, Worcester WR1 3BH
Received 22 Feb 2005Unit 7, Bransford Road Industrial Estate, Watery Lane, Worcester
Received 3 Oct 201335 Toftdale Green Worcester WR4 0PE
Received 17 Nov 200337 The Tything, Worcester WR1 1JL
Received 9 Mar 2006The Reach, 1 Park View Terrace
Received 23 Oct 200120 Meadow Road Worcester WR3 7PP
Received 19 Jun 200059/61 Bromyard Road, St Johns
Received 11 Jan 2008101 Hallow Road, Worcester
Received 29 Apr 2014New Chequers Inn, Astwood Road
Received 25 May 200746 Monarch Drive, Worcester WR2 6ES
Received 14 Feb 2007Flat 2 45 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LR
Received 20 Aug 2025IVY HOUSE, 199 MALVERN ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 4NW
Received 13 Jul 2018118 Spetchley Road, WR5 2LX
Received 26 Jan 2006197 Henwick Road Worcester WR2 5PG
Received 8 Aug 199421 Ottawa Close Worcester WR2 4XN
Received 26 Oct 1994Records 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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