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.
23,033 approved · 2,523 refused · 2,112 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Three Pears Wainwright Road
Received 9 May 2006Area BV1, Warndon
Received 12 Dec 19946 Albert Road Worcester WR5 1EB
Received 16 Dec 2020Barbourne House, Barbourne Crescent, Worcester WR1 3JF
Received 25 Jan 2002The Cricketers PH , 6 Angel Street, Worcester WR1 3QT
Received 30 Apr 201240-48 Lowesmoor, WR1 2SG
Received 30 Jun 201049 UPPER TYTHING, WORCESTER WR1 1JZ
Received 23 Nov 20186 Green Hill Bath Road WORCESTER WR5 2AT
Received 17 Jan 2024Perdiswell Museum Store, John Comyn Drive
Received 17 Dec 200741 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DN
Received 3 Jan 202534 Knotts Avenue, WR4 0HZ
Received 10 Jun 2011190 ASTWOOD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 8HA
Received 21 Aug 201836A Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DH
Received 16 May 2019155 Rose Avenue, WR4 9QN
Received 17 May 20114 FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 1DB
Received 11 Jul 2016ARCHDALES 73 CLUB WINDERMERE DRIVE WORCESTER
Received 1 Oct 2015The Clarks Shop, 30 High Street, WR1 2QL
Received 26 Apr 200042, COMER GARDENS, WORCESTER WR 2 6JG
Received 7 Sept 1987Rosehill School, Windermere Drive
Received 9 Oct 2000180 Wylds Lane Worcester WR5 1DN
Received 30 Apr 200198 Mcintyre Road Worcester WR2 5LQ
Received 9 Apr 2001Land at rear of 57 and 59 Waverley Street, Worcester WR5 3DH
Received 14 Sept 201671 Shrubbery Avenue Worcester WR1 1QP
Received 7 Sept 202665 Southall Avenue Worcester WR3 7LX
Received 11 Oct 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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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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