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.
21,934 approved · 2,351 refused · 2,088 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 & 5a St Johns, WR2 5AE
Received 26 Apr 2010Former Courts Store, Pheasant Street
Received 26 Apr 200669 Lowesmoor
Received 8 Jul 199611 Pierpoint Street, Worcester
Received 9 Nov 200167 Stanley Road Worcester WR5 1BB
Received 20 Aug 1993Youth Offenders Centre, Tolladine Road
Received 16 Jan 2006Pitmaston Park, Pitmaston Road
Received 16 Jan 20131 Heron Lodge London Road WORCESTER WR5 2EE
Received 20 Apr 202123 Bedwardine Road Worcester
Received 8 Mar 201134 Upper Park Street WORCESTER WR5 1EX
Received 4 Mar 20214 OVERTHWART CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR4 0JW
Received 31 Aug 20171 Malvern Road Worcester
Received 19 Dec 20185-9 St Nicholas Street (2nd floor)
Received 9 Nov 200421 Blanquettes Avenue, WR3 8DA
Received 18 Apr 200145 Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1EE
Received 20 Mar 20085 Battenhall Place Worcester WR5 2DT
Received 5 Jul 20239 New Street Worcester WR1 2DN
Received 12 Dec 2005Trotshill Farm, Trotshill Lane, Worcester
Received 3 Mar 199430 Albany Terrace
Received 26 Jul 2010WRI Ronkswood Branch, Newtown Road, Worcester
Received 31 May 20005 & 6 CAVALIER CRESCENT, WORCESTER, WR5 3FX
Received 23 Mar 2017Knightsbridge Park, Wainwright Road, Worcester, WR4 9FA
Received 21 Jan 2015188 Henwick Road Worcester WR2 5PF
Received 22 Apr 2008Land adjacent Berkeley Way/Wainwright Road, (Site B), Worcester
Received 10 May 1994Records 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.
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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.
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