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.
23,755 approved · 2,598 refused · 2,120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
2 Lansdowne Crescent Worcester WR3 8JE
Received 24 Mar 1999104 Astwood Road, WR3 8EZ
Received 28 May 201314 Edgar Street Worcester
Received 27 Oct 20096 FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER WR1 1DB
Received 13 Apr 20177, MANOR ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4PD
Received 17 Mar 198724 Saltwood Avenue, Berkeley Alford
Received 27 Jun 20004 & 5 Cornmarket, WR1 2DR
Received 3 Apr 20035, DROITWICH ROAD, WORCESTER WR 3 7LG
Received 11 Nov 19878-10 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DB
Received 29 Mar 201031, THE SHAMBLES, WORCESTER WR 1 2RE
Received 18 Feb 1988166 Comer Road Worcester WR2 5JD
Received 24 Feb 19996 Shaw Street Worcester
Received 21 May 2020Betfred, 21 The Cross, Worcester, WR1 3PZ
Received 5 Jun 201426-32 Friar Street Worcester WR1 2LZ
Received 4 Nov 199859-60 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DX
Received 5 Jun 202611 WHITE LADIES CLOSE, WORCESTER WR1 1PZ
Received 17 Feb 201615 Worboys Road WORCESTER WR2 4JJ
Received 3 Dec 2019147 COLUMBIA DRIVE, WORCESTER, WR2 4XG
Received 7 Sept 201733 Pitmaston Road Worcester WR2 4HY
Received 21 Apr 199733 Ransom Avenue, WR5 3AL
Received 2 Aug 201124 Mealcheapen Street
Received 13 Sept 2007Green Pastures Battenhall Avenue, WR5 2HW
Received 28 Jul 200666 Foregate Street Worcester
Received 23 Nov 202017 Arundel Drive
Received 20 Aug 2014Records 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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