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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Worcester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
21,877 approved · 2,346 refused · 2,086 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 1988 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Monsoon Restaurant, 35 Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1EE
Received 19 Nov 2014Northwick Cinema, Ombersley Road, Worcester
Received 11 Mar 200410 Timberdine Avenue Worcester WR5 2BD
Received 20 Apr 200546 THE HILL AVENUE, WORCESTER WR5 2AN
Received 24 Sept 201817 The Foregate, Worcester, WR1 3QF
Received 23 Dec 201470 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EW
Received 27 Oct 2020Land rear of Bransford Road Trading Estate, Worcester
Received 20 Jun 20076-56 (evens) Cranham Drive, WR4 9PA
Received 8 Oct 2013Fields to South and East of Worcester Royal Infirmary, Newtown Branch, Newtown Road, Worcester
Received 13 Dec 1993250 Ombersley Road, WR3 7HB
Received 15 Jun 200925 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7BP
Received 8 Sept 199512 Broomhall Green, WR5 2PG
Received 26 Apr 20005 Carriage Close Worcester WR2 6AE
Received 15 Jul 202620 The Cross, WR1 3PZ
Received 14 Mar 201122 St Georges Square Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 23 Aug 202175 Ambleside Drive, WR4 9DA
Received 22 Mar 20131-2 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DB
Received 26 May 202318 Fort Royal Hill Worcester WR5 1BT
Received 15 Mar 2024London Road, outside 163 London Road, WR5 2EE
Received 16 May 2012McDonalds, Blackpole Retail Park, Blackpole Road
Received 8 Dec 199722 Stanmore Road, WR2 4PW
Received 24 May 2005Dudley Close, WR2 5RY
Received 26 Apr 201312 York Place Worcester WR1 3DR
Received 13 Nov 202013 ANGEL STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 3QT
Received 22 Oct 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage