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
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
39,496 approved · 5,392 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Dec 1968 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lowesmoor
Received 28 Mar 201210 Wheatfield Avenue, Worcester WR5 3HA
Received 29 Jul 20131, THE BUTTS, WORCESTER
Received 3 Oct 1975171 Ombersley Road
Received 28 Jul 2004125, HALLOW ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 6DF
Received 19 Feb 197121 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DH
Received 28 Jun 202218 Bromwich Lane, Worcester WR2 4BH
Received 27 Mar 2001158 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7HA
Received 29 Sept 199712 Kepax Gardens Worcester WR3 7LB
Received 23 Mar 2022SMITH COURT, 7-15, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 2DJ
Received 15 Jun 1973Plot between 16 & 18, Rowley Hill Street, Worcester, Worcs, WR2 5LN
Received 26 Aug 201540 & 41 Foregate Street, Worcester
Received 6 Mar 2003Kays Cafe, Angel Place, Worcester
Received 25 Jul 1994278 BATH ROAD, WORCESTER WR5 3ET
Received 5 Jun 198479-80 High Street Worcester WR1 2ET
Received 8 Apr 2025WORCESTER ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL, UPPER TYTHING, WORCESTER WR
Received 30 Mar 1973Pavement adjacent to 50a Rainbow Hill
Received 20 Feb 200117, WILLOW STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2NP
Received 19 Apr 197417 Pinkett Street Worcester WR3 7EB
Received 5 Jan 1994LARK HILL SERVICE STATION, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5
Received 2 Apr 198253 GRESHAM ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5QS
Received 10 Jan 2017UNIT 72A, BLACKPOLE TRADING ESTATE WEST, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WOR
Received 21 May 199234, FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 1EE
Received 23 Dec 1986UNIT 6, LOWESMOOR WHARF, WORCESTER WR1 2RS
Received 2 Apr 1992Records 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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