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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
39,041 approved · 5,244 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
233A, HYLTON ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 5LA
Received 15 Oct 1985The Wishing Well Nursery, 76 Droitwich Road, Worcester WR3 7HT
Received 4 Sept 2002Worcester Heat Systems Ltd, Cotswold Way, WR4 9SW
Received 14 Feb 20027 Chase End Close WORCESTER WR5 2BY
Received 19 Apr 2022Danesbury House, 55 Sidbury
Received 18 Sept 20072 Eden Court Bath Road Worcester WR5 3DL
Received 26 Feb 2025119 Malvern Road, WR2 4LJ
Received 23 Jul 2012The Cricketers PH, 6 Angel Street
Received 31 Aug 2006THE WORCESTER FURNITURE COMPANY, BILFORD ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 7 Sept 19791 and 2 Northwick Marina Neweys Hill Worcester WR3 7DZ
Received 23 Dec 2025Blessed Edward Oldcorne Rc High School Timberdine Avenue Worcester WR5 2XD
Received 21 Oct 2022LAND OFF HARROW CROFT, WORCESTER
Received 21 Sept 2016Land adjacent to 9 Birch Meadow Worcester WR5 2FW
Received 11 Aug 2026Unit 9 Shipston Close Worcester WR4 9XN
Received 15 Jun 2020McDonald's Restaurant, Hylton Road, WR2 5JS
Received 3 Mar 2006Worcester Sixth Form College Spetchley Road WORCESTER WR5 2LU
Received 4 Nov 1998Plots 51-73 (inc) Warndon Court Hamlet (Heywood) South
Received 19 Feb 199872 Park Avenue Worcester WR3 7AQ
Received 8 Apr 2021Site opposite Holy Claines Farm, Hindlip Lane, North Claines, Worcester
Received 27 Nov 1986LEA & PERRINS, 3, MIDLAND ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 1DS
Received 7 Nov 19809 Vincent Road Worcester WR5 1AZ
Received 31 Jan 2023UNIT 15, SHERRIFF STREET INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, WORCESTER
Received 8 Sept 1988Travel Inn, Wainwright Road, WR4 9FA
Received 6 Aug 19992 Whitewood Close, WR5 2LW
Received 3 Jul 2006Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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