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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
39,260 approved · 5,308 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Early Years Centre, Checketts Lane
Received 20 Jun 2012Rear of 86 Laugherne Road, WR2 5LB
Received 12 Jun 20081, BLACK HORSE WALK, WORCESTER
Received 2 Apr 1971Heath End, Claines Lane
Received 18 Dec 199521 OAK AVENUE, WORCESTER WR4 9UG
Received 20 Dec 1983REINDEER COURT, MEALCHEAPEN STREET, WORCESTER
Received 13 Feb 201757 Canada Way Worcester WR2 4XA
Received 11 May 20057, TRELAWNEY CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 2 4HG
Received 16 Apr 19825, JASPER ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4DN
Received 15 Aug 19691 The Shambles, Worcester WR1 2RF
Received 29 Aug 200835 ARBORETUM ROAD
Received 21 Nov 1991Roundabout No. 21 City Wall Road/St Martin's Gate Worcester
Received 8 Mar 2011EX BOOKER CASH AND CARRY SHERRIFF STREET WORCESTER
Received 19 Nov 199257, BEACONHILL DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 2 6DR
Received 7 May 1976110 Battenhall Road
Received 27 Oct 2014GREGORYS MILL STREET PRICE STREET, WORCESTER
Received 16 Nov 198246 Happyland North, WR2 5DH
Received 22 Jul 2015Office And Premises Navigation Road Worcester WR5 3DE
Received 21 Nov 2025OLD ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 1A, SHAW STREET, WORCESTER
Received 6 Nov 198110 Roach Close, WR5 3HZ
Received 26 Nov 200842, BEECH AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 3 8PY
Received 4 Jul 196951, BOUGHTON STREET, WORCESTER
Received 9 Jan 1992University of Worcester, Henwick Road, WR2 6AJ
Received 6 Apr 201010 Green Hill Bath Road Worcester WR5 2AT
Received 30 Mar 2026Records 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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