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.
24,415 approved · 2,645 refused · 2,123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Beech Avenue, Worcester WR3 8PZ
Received 29 Jul 2011214 NORTHWICK ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 7EH
Received 22 Feb 20185 Bull Ring, WR2 5AA
Received 2 Dec 20104 HERON LODGE, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2EE
Received 22 Mar 2018Unit 11 D/E Shrub Hill Industrial Estate, Shrub Hill Road, WR4 9EL
Received 26 Oct 2005Former Royal Worcester Infirmary Site, Castle Street
Received 17 Nov 2008Croft Villas,13 Severn Terrace
Received 14 Sept 20075 St. Moritz Close, Worcester WR3 7ND
Received 25 Aug 2015292 Tolladine Road, Worcester, WR4 9BA
Received 24 Oct 20142 Stephenson Terrace, WR1 3EA
Received 23 Aug 200241 Timberdine Avenue WORCESTER WR5 2BD
Received 27 Jan 2021Land at 202 Bransford Road, Worcester
Received 21 Nov 200511 Rowntree Gardens, Worcester WR4 0SB
Received 12 Apr 2012BBC Hereford & Worcester, Hylton Road
Received 27 Jul 1994Cathedral Plaza Centre, Cathedral Plaza, WR1 2BE
Received 10 Dec 200410, WYATTS MEWS, UNION STREET, WORCESTER
Received 17 Mar 198728 Saunders Street Worcester WR3 7ED
Received 7 Nov 199717 Spring Bank, Worcester, WR3 8SD
Received 23 Sept 20151 Battenhall Place Worcester WR5 2DT
Received 19 Nov 200712 Carden Street, WR1 2AT
Received 16 Feb 2010Riverside School Thorneloe Road Worcester WR1 3HZ
Received 5 Jun 20003 Harter Row, WR4 9GH
Received 21 Sept 201212 Squirrel Drive, WR5 3TW
Received 20 Jul 2004BUS SHELTER,LONDON ROAD
Received 11 Nov 1987Records 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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