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.
21,165 approved · 2,239 refused · 2,028 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Land At Nunnery Park Nunnery Way Worcester
Received 15 Feb 2019Unit 1b Blackpole Retail Park Blackpole Road Worcester
Received 8 Mar 202134-36 The Conservatory Friar Street Worcester WR1 2LZ
Received 5 Nov 20258 Newbury Road Worcester WR2 5JF
Received 27 Jul 1995Formerly Tolladine Golf Course, Tolladine Road, Worcester
Received 27 May 20204 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BH
Received 28 Nov 200691 Langdale Drive Worcester WR4 9DR
Received 4 Mar 201943 Primrose Crescent, WR5 3HQ
Received 10 Jul 200642 St Clements Court Worcester WR2 5NW
Received 20 Apr 200731 High Street, Worcester, WR1 2QL
Received 12 Aug 2015UNIT 3 CATHEDRAL SQUARE 6 HIGH STREET WORCESTER
Received 11 May 201761 The Tything Worcester WR1 1JT
Received 9 Nov 2001Worcester Fire Station, Copenhagen Street
Received 30 Dec 199612 Waterworks Road, Worcester WR1 3EX
Received 15 Oct 2018Sagger House ( Block 'H' ), Royal Worcester Porcelain, Severn Street
Received 10 May 200724 Goodwood Avenue WORCESTER WR5 2HR
Received 20 Jun 200711 Mayfield Avenue Worcester WR3 8LA
Received 23 Sept 2002University Of Worcester Henwick Grove Worcester
Received 12 Jan 2004The Clubhouse, Worcester Rowing Club, Grandstand Road, WR1 3EJ
Received 13 Feb 200179-80 High Street Worcester WR1 2ET
Received 17 Jun 2026Castle House, 61 The Tything, WR1 1JT
Received 25 Feb 201053 CALGARY DRIVE, WORCESTER, WR2 4DW
Received 1 Feb 201898 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EW
Received 19 Aug 2020Beatties, Crowngate, WR1 3LD
Received 20 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage