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.
24,472 approved · 2,651 refused · 2,123 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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, SHELDON PARK ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 7YA
Received 16 Jun 1988Halfords, Elgar Retail Park, Blackpole Road, WR3 8HP
Received 27 Mar 200218 Norman Close, Longmeadow, Warndon
Received 23 Jun 1993YMCA Henwick Road Worcester WR2 5NS
Received 29 Apr 199797 HIGH STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2HL
Received 13 Aug 2016The Shirehall Foregate Street WORCESTER WR1 1EQ
Received 17 Sept 202413 LANSDOWNE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR1 1ST
Received 22 Oct 201815 Dace Road
Received 11 Jan 200817 FELS AVENUE, WORCESTER WR4 0LN
Received 16 Nov 2018UNIT 4, BLACKPOLE RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 8PQ
Received 2 Nov 201812A Green Hill London Road Worcester WR5 2AA
Received 26 Jan 20267 FOUNTAIN PLACE, WORCESTER, WR1 3HW
Received 27 Dec 2017Teme Court, Old Road, WR2 4BU
Received 15 Dec 2011Lansdowne Court, Lansdowne Road, WR1 1ST
Received 13 Jun 2012Playing Fields opposite 4 Stephenson Terrace Worcester WR1 3EA
Received 12 Apr 2022St Wulstans Athelstan Road Worcester WR5 2BW
Received 16 Sept 202617 Towneley Worcester WR4 0RH
Received 2 Jul 20264 Packhorse Close Worcester WR2 6AG
Received 5 May 202187 Windsor Avenue Worcester WR2 5NB
Received 19 Sept 201962 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LY
Received 9 Sept 20253 Six Acres Croft, WR4 0LQ
Received 7 Nov 20091-2 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DB
Received 10 Feb 200063, LOWER CHESTNUT STREET, WORCESTER WR1 1PD
Received 20 May 198619 Hanbury Avenue, Worcester WR2 4JW
Received 3 Apr 2001Records 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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