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.
22,935 approved · 2,505 refused · 2,111 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 1986 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Whitehouse Hotel, Foregate Street, Worcester
Received 25 May 2005Berkeley House, 27 New Street, WR1 2DP
Received 29 Mar 2012Between Guildhall and Russell & Bromley, High Street
Received 4 Apr 1996Malvern View, Newtown Road, WR5 1DD
Received 9 Jan 201316 Baynham Drive Worcester WR5 2NJ
Received 31 May 1996Perryfields Site, Midland Road/Stanley Road
Received 22 May 200292 & 94 Hollymount, WR4 9SF
Received 8 May 1997Blackpole Retail Park, Unit 3 Blackpole Road Worcester WR3 8PQ
Received 22 Apr 202568 Saddlers Walk, WR4 9JR
Received 1 Nov 199924 Southfield Street
Received 15 Jun 199410 Purleigh Avenue, Worcester, WR4 0DX
Received 2 Feb 201556 LINKSVIEW CRESCENT, WORCESTER, WR5 1JJ
Received 8 May 2017Tesco Stores Ltd St Peters Drive Worcester WR5 3SW
Received 28 Mar 202253 St Dunstan's Close, Worcester WR5 2AJ
Received 8 Jul 2010James Close Sheltered Accommodation, The Block House, WR1 2BG
Received 22 Nov 2006Adjacent to lampost on pavement opposite 18 Caldy Avenue
Received 18 Jun 2001Laugherne Garage, Bransford Road, WR2 5SL
Received 23 Mar 2000Abbeyfield House 12 Green Hill London Road WORCESTER WR5 2AA
Received 13 Oct 200319 Bath Road, WR5 3AB
Received 19 Jul 2005319 BATH ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 3AU
Received 20 Feb 2018West View House, Neweys Hill
Received 12 Jan 199691 Park Avenue, Worcester WR3 7AQ
Received 20 Jul 2011118 Bromwich Road
Received 7 Aug 1995Ye Olde Talbot Hotel, Friar Street, Worcester
Received 5 Nov 1993Records 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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