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.
22,951 approved · 2,512 refused · 2,111 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
43 Hallow Road Worcester WR2 6BX
Received 31 Jul 2003Warndon, Worcester
Received 22 Dec 199421 Whitewood Close Worcester WR5 2LW
Received 8 Oct 199329 St Dunstans Close, WR5 2AJ
Received 15 Jul 2009THE APPLE HOUSE, HERON LODGE, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2EE
Received 14 Nov 2017200A BILFORD ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 8HL
Received 26 Jan 2016Iona 23 Sherwood Lane Worcester WR2 4NU
Received 11 Apr 20051 Yew Tree Close Worcester WR5 2LH
Received 30 Oct 202517 Hanbury Park Road, WR2 4PG
Received 30 May 201331 Grayling Close, WR5 3HY
Received 28 Feb 20112 Cobden Avenue, Worcester WR4 0NA
Received 18 Apr 20139 Fieldhead Close Worcester WR2 5UD
Received 18 Jun 2002Roundabout at Trotshill Lane Way, Parsonage Drive Worcester
Received 8 Nov 2021Ffrench Ladies Hairstylist & The Coach House, St Georges Lane North, Worcester
Received 3 Aug 1994Worcester Library & History Centre, The Butts, WR1 3PA
Received 24 Sept 20094 BARNESHALL AVENUE, WORCESTER WR5 3EU
Received 16 Jun 1988BUS SHELTER, MALVERN ROAD
Received 11 Nov 1987Croft Road Car Park, Croft Road
Received 17 Jul 20145 The Ridgeway Worcester WR5 2DA
Received 20 Nov 1995Worcester Baptist Church Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1LN
Received 14 Apr 201451 LINKSVIEW CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR5 1JH
Received 14 Sept 1988County Libraries Bibliographical Unit, Sherwood Lane
Received 15 Jan 19986 Bank Street Worcester WR1 2EW
Received 3 Nov 2003Phoenix House 42 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LR
Received 18 Dec 2019Records 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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