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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
39,939 approved · 5,496 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Apr 1968 to 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
63 High Street Worcester WR1 2EH
Received 27 Aug 199847, MONARCH DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 2 6ES
Received 16 Jun 197284, BROMYARD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5DJ
Received 3 Apr 197013 ANGEL STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 3QT
Received 22 Oct 20186 SEVERN TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR1 3EH
Received 21 Oct 201514 ST ANNES CLOSE, WORCESTER WR3 7PS
Received 22 Jul 1987WORKSHOPS, DIGLIS ISLAND, DIGLIS DOCK ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 6 Mar 201812 Eastbank Drive, WR3 7BH
Received 31 Aug 200418 Severn Terrace Worcester WR1 3EH
Received 19 Jun 20205, FRIAR STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2LZ
Received 15 Jun 197327 Winchester Avenue Worcester WR2 4JF
Received 22 Feb 2005Former Health Clinic, 19/21 Checketts Lane, WR3 7JW
Received 4 Jul 2012WRI Ronkswood Branch, Staff Accommodation Building, Newtown Road
Received 19 Oct 2000CATHEDRAL PLAZA, 10, COLLEGE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 3 Sept 197175/77 Spetchley Road, WR5 2LR
Received 25 Sept 1997THE MOAT HOUSE, HINDLIP LANE, WORCESTER, WR3 8SA
Received 3 Jul 201754 Marsh Avenue Worcester
Received 31 May 2000ST MARTINS CHURCH,LONDON ROAD
Received 4 Sept 198113, COMER ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5HU
Received 5 Apr 1968Hylton, 113 Hylton Road
Received 10 Feb 1998103, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2HW
Received 21 Mar 1975Northwick Manor Primary School Northwick Road Worcester WR3 7EA
Received 8 Apr 201079/80, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2ET
Received 3 Aug 1973104, PENHILL CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR 2 5PX
Received 15 Mar 1974Records 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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