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.
22,005 approved · 2,361 refused · 2,093 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Whiteoaks 2 Hadley Villas Droitwich Road
Received 8 Aug 2006Unit E1 and E2, Elgar Retail Park,Blackpole Road, Worcester
Received 18 Sept 201341 Newtown Road, WR5 1HG
Received 20 Apr 200129 Lobelia Close, Worcester WR5 3RR
Received 9 Mar 201018 St Georges Square, Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 1 Mar 2010Co-op Food Store, 8/12 The Bullring
Received 23 Aug 200730 Albany Terrace, WR1 3DX
Received 23 Mar 201015 Mealcheapen Street Worcester WR1 2DQ
Received 2 Aug 2023BBC Hereford & Worcester, Hylton Road
Received 20 Sept 199457 Kilbury Drive Worcester WR5 2NG
Received 26 May 199414 Cranesbill Drive, WR5 3HX
Received 28 Jul 1998Land to the rear of 47a Avon Road Worcester WR4 9AG
Received 5 Oct 20059 & 11 Barbourne Walk
Received 15 Nov 20025 Bullfinch Close, WR5 3SL
Received 20 Nov 2006St Marys Court Sansome Walk Worcester
Received 26 May 202221 The Cross Worcester WR1 3PZ
Received 31 Oct 200720 Constance Road WORCESTER WR3 7NF
Received 20 Jul 2021111 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3AF
Received 1 Jun 2007Worcestershire Royal Hospital Charles Hastings Way Worcester WR5 1DD
Received 18 Jun 2019Claines Villa, 11 Lansdowne Crescent, Worcester WR3 8JE
Received 11 Aug 2004Boots The Chemist, 72-74 High Street
Received 12 Jan 20042 Stoneleigh Close, WR5 3RQ
Received 2 Feb 201130 Mersey Road Worcester
Received 21 May 2008The Timberdine Public House, Bath Road, Broomhall
Received 19 Apr 1996Records 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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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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