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22,005 approved · 2,361 refused · 2,093 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
305 Ombersley Road WORCESTER WR3 7BY
Received 25 Feb 2022Priors Copse, 55 Northwick Close, WR3 7EF
Received 20 Jul 2012Block C Government Buildings Whittington Road Worcester
Received 23 Sept 1993St. Oswalds Playing Field, Lansdowne Road
Received 13 Mar 200328 Bromyard Terrace, Worcester WR2 5BW
Received 15 Nov 202140 Foregate Street, WR1 1EE
Received 1 Jul 200330 New Street Worcester WR1 2DP
Received 3 Jun 1993Pockets, 39 Friar Street, Worcester, WR1 2NA
Received 9 Mar 2015Benedictos Restaurant, 34 Sidbury
Received 20 Aug 20079 Clarkson Gardens, Worcester WR4 0QS
Received 2 Apr 200424 ST GEORGES SQUARE, WORCESTER WR1 1HX
Received 3 Feb 2017The Commandery Sidbury Worcester WR1 2HU
Received 26 Aug 202528 Hemsby Close Worcester WR5 3RH
Received 15 Mar 1996Springfield Britannia Square WORCESTER WR1 3DL
Received 7 Feb 2020Bromyard Road, Outside Startin Honda
Received 7 Feb 20112 Sebright Avenue, Worcester WR5 2HH
Received 14 Nov 2014Lloyds Bank Plc, 4 The Cross
Received 22 Apr 199646 (AND 44) TUNNEL HILL, WORCESTER WR4 9SD
Received 9 Mar 20161 Blakefield Gardens, Worcester WR2 5DS
Received 16 Jan 200961 Carlisle Road Worcester WR5 1HZ
Received 24 Feb 20042 Hanbury Park Road, Worcester WR2 4PB
Received 7 Aug 201514 Lansdowne Crescent, Worcester WR3 8JE
Received 23 Apr 2015Land rear of 321/323 Tolladine Road, Worcester WR4 9BB
Received 23 Apr 2015Middle Battenhall Villa, Battenhall Road, Worcester
Received 6 Mar 1995Records 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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