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.
23,141 approved · 2,537 refused · 2,114 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Hungerpit Walk Worcester
Received 16 Aug 200722 Coombs Road Worcester WR3 7JG
Received 31 Jan 202093 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3AE
Received 11 Aug 202525 and 26 THE SHAMBLES, WORCESTER, WR1 2RA
Received 19 Mar 20187 Begonia Close, WR5 3LZ
Received 30 Apr 201354 BROOKSIDE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5PS
Received 29 Dec 201615 Arundel Drive Worcester WR5 2HU
Received 21 Nov 20229 St Marks Close Worcester WR5 3DJ
Received 25 Oct 2002Whiteladies, Royal Grammar School, Upper Tything, Worcester
Received 18 Sept 1997Cromwell House, 34 Turrall Street
Received 24 Dec 200418, SALTERS CLOSE, WORCESTER WR4 9XT
Received 29 Sept 1988Countess of Huntingdon Hall, 16-20 Deansway
Received 27 Apr 199811-13 St Johns, WR2 5AE
Received 30 Mar 2009Jaguar House, Castle Street, WR1 3AP
Received 5 Jan 201116 Redcliffe Street Worcester WR3 7AR
Received 10 Sept 199615 REINDEER COURT, MEALCHEAPEN STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2DS
Received 24 Feb 2018Shed 6 Basin Road Worcester
Received 5 Mar 2004LAND AT HONISTER DRIVE, WORCESTER WR4 9NZ
Received 27 Jan 1988REGENCY HIGH SCHOOL CARNFORTH DRIVE WORCESTER
Received 15 Oct 201846 Meadow Road, Worcester WR3 7PP
Received 11 Jan 2006Bretherns Meeting Room Swinesherd Worcester WR5 1RU
Received 29 Dec 2008University of Worcester Severn Campus, Hylton Road, Worcester
Received 7 Jul 202134 SIDBURY, WORCESTER, WR1 2HZ
Received 22 Jan 2016The Gun Tavern, 39 Newtown Road
Received 6 Jun 2007Records 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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