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.
23,466 approved · 2,571 refused · 2,120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
LAND AT 202 BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 16 Jun 19888 The Mead Worcester WR2 6JB
Received 11 Oct 200691 Sidbury, Worcester, WR1 2HU
Received 30 Jun 201451 Britannia Square, Worcester WR1 3HP
Received 11 Aug 201025 York Place
Received 25 Feb 2008Newtown Road Upper Streetworks Site, Newtown Road, Worcester, WR5 1HU
Received 4 Jun 2015The Pig & Drum PH, 53 Lowesmoor, WR1 2RS
Received 11 Aug 200629 Camp Hill Avenue WORCESTER WR5 2HQ
Received 10 Nov 2020SHRUBBERY NURSING HOME, 23 - 31 SHRUBBERY AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR1 1QN
Received 25 Sept 2017Northwick Road Petrol Station, Northwick Road
Received 8 May 200649 Britannia Square, WR1 3HP
Received 19 Jan 2012Sidbury House, 32 Sidbury.
Received 7 Apr 199716 Albany Terrace Worcester WR1 3DU
Received 11 Sept 1997Hickorys Smokehouse Tybridge Street WORCESTER WR2 5BA
Received 10 Mar 2021FARMERS BOY, 166, TOLLADINE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 4 9QH
Received 11 Nov 19879 Towneley, Worcester, WR4 0RH
Received 7 Feb 201513 Devon Road, WR5 1QQ
Received 1 Oct 200955 Rose Avenue Tolladine Worcester WR4 9PX
Received 9 Aug 2022Hill House Northwick Road WR3 7RE
Received 14 Aug 2024Shrub Hill Retail Park, Unit 6b George Street Worcester WR1 2DD
Received 5 Sept 20242 Beech Avenue North Worcester Worcestershire WR3 8PX
Received 18 Feb 202235, ALBANY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 3 8EY
Received 16 Jan 198718 Camp Hill Road, WR5 2HE
Received 1 Dec 20144 The Moors, WR1 3EE
Received 13 Apr 2012Records 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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