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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Worcester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Worcester website
38,882 approved · 5,210 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Oct 1969 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 COPSEWOOD AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR5 1SH
Received 16 Apr 201613 Marsh Avenue, Worcester WR4 0HJ
Received 15 Jan 2004WOOLWORTHS, 41 HIGH STREET, WORCESTER
Received 21 Mar 1980MASONIC HALL,RAINBOW HILL
Received 28 Jun 198522/23 Mealcheapen Street
Received 24 Sept 199627, THE TYTHING, WORCESTER
Received 12 Mar 1992Roundabout No. 22, St Martins Gate/ George Street/, Pheasant Street/ St Pauls Street, WR1 2DY
Received 8 Mar 2011BLACKPOLE RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 27 Mar 2018MetaMatic, P.O. Box 3, Bilford Road, Worcester
Received 23 Jan 197635, WYLDS LANE, WORCESTER WR 5 1DA
Received 2 Aug 197414 Lansdowne Crescent, Worcester WR3 8JE
Received 18 Oct 201019 High Street Worcester
Received 23 Dec 199441 Ronkswood Hill Worcester WR4 9ER
Received 3 Sept 198537 Beech Avenue, Worcester, WR3 8PY
Received 13 May 2015Tudor Grange Academy, Bilford Road
Received 20 Feb 2012Thornton House School And Nursery Assessment Unit Wylds Lane Worcester
Received 14 Nov 202331, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER WR2 5AG
Received 7 Nov 1980Rainbow Hill, wall opposite 25-36 Elgar Court
Received 18 Jun 20011 Halifax Drive Worcester WR2 4DR
Received 4 Nov 201966 Blenheim Road Worcester WR2 5NG
Received 20 Dec 20019 Stanage Close Worcester WR4 0HQ
Received 4 Mar 200834A, NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 1HJ
Received 17 Jun 197718 Kingfisher Close Worcester WR5 3RY
Received 16 May 200641 Britannia Square
Received 2 Feb 2006Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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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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