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.
23,526 approved · 2,579 refused · 2,120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Commandery, Sidbury, WR1 2HU
Received 26 Jun 2012The Courtyard, St Nicholas Street
Received 23 Oct 2006Block C Government Buildings, Whittington Road
Received 12 Jun 19989 Hayling Close Worcester WR5 3UQ
Received 16 Sept 2003Athletics Pavillion Slingpool Walk St Johns Worcester
Received 14 Jan 2008Garage between 2 & 3 Northfield Street, Worcester WR1 1NS
Received 29 Mar 200466, LOWESMOOR, WORCESTER WR1 2SE
Received 15 May 1987344 OMBERSLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 7HE
Received 17 May 2017206 Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4LL
Received 7 May 2020Land off St Peter's Drive and Rainthorpe Avenue, Worcester
Received 19 Aug 199625 Gregorys Mill Street, WR3 8BA
Received 25 May 200465 MARGARET ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 4LX
Received 21 Jan 201625 Happy Land West WORCESTER WR2 5DQ
Received 24 Apr 20247-9 East Comer
Received 7 Jun 1994Commandery Service Station, Bath Road, WR5 3EI
Received 27 May 2014The Brewers Arms P.H., 5 Comer Road
Received 16 Sept 200443-55 and 56-65 The Hopmarket Foregate Street Worcester
Received 20 Oct 2008Site adj. 220 Malvern Road
Received 5 Aug 2002Northwick Manor Infants School, Northwick Road, WR3 7EA
Received 5 Mar 200326 Baynham Drive, WR5 2NJ
Received 13 Jul 201111 St Dunstans Close, WR5 2AJ
Received 22 Sept 1997Land at 10 Cavendish Street, Worcester WR5 3DU
Received 23 Jun 2010JVM Castings Site, Droitwich Road, Worcester WR3 7JX
Received 11 Nov 201957 Waterworks Road Worcester WR1 3EY
Received 4 Nov 2002Records 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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