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.
23,243 approved · 2,547 refused · 2,117 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 1986 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
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Received 9 Oct 20267 Hayfield Close Worcester WR2 5UQ
Received 9 Aug 2004Newgale 27A Cornmeadow Green Worcester WR3 7PN
Received 15 Jan 2021PITMASTON LODGE, MALVERN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4LL
Received 12 Sept 2017Keystones, 1 Copenhagen Street, WR1 2HB
Received 3 Aug 20053 Battenhall Avenue WORCESTER WR5 2HN
Received 15 Jan 202115 MIDDLE STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 1NQ
Received 15 Jan 2018Gregorys Mill Garage, Gregorys Mill Street
Received 28 May 199918 Field Close WORCESTER WR3 8QU
Received 20 Nov 2018O'Neills, 19 Trinity Street
Received 26 Feb 200126 New Street, WR1 2DP
Received 27 Mar 2012McDonald's, 17 The Foregate, Worcester WR1 3QF
Received 25 Jun 2014Manor Farm Brewers Fayre, Lower Wick
Received 28 May 199868 Park Avenue WORCESTER WR3 7AQ
Received 17 Nov 2022Unit 1 2 Charles House 4 Charles Street WORCESTER WR1 2AQ
Received 28 Aug 2024Former Ice Works 174 Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5EE
Received 31 Oct 2019Worcester Sixth Form College, Spetchley Road, WR5 2LU
Received 31 May 2000The Swan With Two Nicks, New Street, WR1 2DP
Received 23 Feb 20073 Burnsall Close, Worcester WR4 0BD
Received 26 Feb 200914 Eltric Road Worcester WR3 7NU
Received 21 Mar 1996Gheluvelt Park Barbourne Road Worcester WR3 7AA
Received 10 Jun 2016Crowngate, Multi Storey Car Park entrance, All Saints Road
Received 10 Jun 19946 Albany Terrace, Worcester WR1 3DU
Received 18 Nov 199615 Mcintyre Road Worcester WR2 5LG
Received 21 Jul 1997Records 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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