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.
21,419 approved · 2,279 refused · 2,049 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Walled Garden, 6 Rose Terrace, Worcester WR5 1BU
Received 4 Oct 2006Land at Himbleton Road Worcester
Received 25 Sept 2019Claines Royal British Legion Club, Cornmeadow Lane, WR3 7RL
Received 18 Apr 2001100 BATH ROAD, WORCESTER WR5 3EW
Received 19 Oct 201846 (AND 44) TUNNEL HILL, WORCESTER WR4 9SD
Received 21 Nov 201622 Sansome Place, Worcester
Received 19 May 20062 Old Northwick Lane, WR3 7LY
Received 27 Nov 200811 Aconbury Close Worcester WR5 1JD
Received 1 Sept 2022Unit A, Britannia Court, Moor Street
Received 24 Oct 199422 Cornmeadow Lane WORCESTER WR3 7NY
Received 2 Oct 20171 Jasmine Close
Received 24 Oct 20005 St Catherines Hill Worcester WR5 2EA
Received 25 Feb 201920 Bittern Road, WR5 3LT
Received 14 Apr 2014WOODBURY, 57 NORTHWICK CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR3 7EF
Received 26 Jan 201967 Martley Road, Worcester, WR2 6HH
Received 12 Mar 2015The Co-operative 8-12 St Johns, WR2 5AH
Received 19 Jan 2009St Joseph's R.C. Primary School, Chedworth Drive, WR4 9PG
Received 25 Aug 200020 LITTLE CHESTNUT STREET, WORCESTER WR1 1PG
Received 28 Sept 2018Tramps Club, Angel Place
Received 3 May 2000Cattle Market Car Park Croft Road Worcester
Received 10 Nov 2014Newlands Bungalow, Bransford Road, Worcester
Received 8 Apr 1999The Great Western Hotel, Shrub Hill Road
Received 29 Jun 2007Land at Plantation Drive/ Purleigh Avenue, Worcester, WR4 0DY
Received 6 Jun 2017Land between All Saints Road and Moreton Place, Worcester
Received 1 May 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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