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.
21,403 approved · 2,278 refused · 2,047 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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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.
7 Philip Road Worcester WR3 7HH
Received 3 May 2000Woodside Lodge, Lark Hill Road, WR5 2EF
Received 20 Jan 19982 Springfield Road, WR5 3AR
Received 7 Sept 200963 Liverpool Road WORCESTER WR5 1QH
Received 23 Oct 202123 Elbury Park Road, WR4 9BG
Received 4 Feb 201071 Kingston Avenue, WR3 8PN
Received 25 Jan 20108-10 The Talbot Hotel Barbourne Road Worcester WR1 1HT
Received 3 Jun 202638 Elizabeth Avenue Worcester WR3 7HJ
Received 11 Mar 20217 Copenhagen Street, Worcester WR1 2HB
Received 12 Jul 200632 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2SG
Received 22 Jul 1998Oak House, Bridgwater Road, Worcester
Received 18 Jun 2001Unit 2B Everoak Industrial Estate, Bromyard Road
Received 18 Feb 2000Corner of Lowesmoor/Silver Street
Received 1 Dec 19946 St Albans Close, WR5 1PP
Received 4 Sept 2012125 Holly Mount Road Worcester WR4 9SJ
Received 19 Nov 2019Kingdom Hall, Park Street, WR5 1AD
Received 18 Nov 200278 Monarch Drive, WR2 6ES
Received 10 Nov 2004Lloyds TSB, 4 The Cross, WR1 3PY
Received 10 Jan 2007Land adjoining 16 Norton Road
Received 18 Jul 200117 Farrier Street
Received 25 Nov 199819 Bath Road, WR5 3AB
Received 25 Oct 200555 Battenhall Road
Received 30 Nov 200742 Bolton Avenue (plot 23 Berkeley Heywood), WR4 0ST
Received 21 Mar 20001 Peacock Close Worcester WR5 3TE
Received 15 May 1998Records 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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