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.
24,359 approved · 2,645 refused · 2,123 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Apr 1986 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 FORT ROYAL LANE, WORCESTER, WR5 1BX
Received 9 Dec 201690 St Annes Road, WR3 7PQ
Received 12 Apr 200129, 30 & 31 York Place, WR1 3DR
Received 19 Nov 20047 Copenhagen Street, Worcester WR1 2HB
Received 17 Jun 201346 HENWICK ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 5NT
Received 12 Mar 2016REDHILL FILLING STATION,LONDON ROAD
Received 8 Sept 1988Deep Pan Pizza Restaurant, 19 The Foregate
Received 13 Feb 1998Heron Lodge, London Road, WR5 2EE
Received 10 Jul 201454 Constance Road, WR3 7NF
Received 3 Dec 200857 Cormorant Rise, WR2 4BA
Received 14 Nov 2003Tesco Express, 8-10 Foregate Street, WR1 1XX
Received 21 Jan 200921 Boughton Street, WR2 4HE
Received 10 Mar 200867 Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HN
Received 2 Sept 201925 Tudor Way, WR2 5QH
Received 13 Jun 2003St Oswalds Hospital Almshouses, The Tything, WR1 1HR
Received 5 Dec 2011Worcester Royal Grammar & Alice Ottley School, Upper Tything, WR1 1HW
Received 6 Mar 2008Untis 10 & 11 Former Lowesmoor Trading Estate,, Pheasant Street
Received 21 Jun 2012White Arrow Express Ltd, Brickfields Road
Received 23 May 19966 Pierpoint Street, WR1 1TA
Received 25 Aug 201121 Northwick Close Worcester WR3 7EF
Received 20 Jul 20075 KIELDER RISE, WORCESTER, WR2 4HN
Received 3 Aug 2017Worcester Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, WR5 1DD
Received 19 Oct 2012Pavement adjacent to Premier Inn New Road Worcester
Received 31 Jul 2025Perrywood Walk WORCESTER WR5 1EG
Received 17 May 2022Records 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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