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.
24,571 approved · 2,660 refused · 2,124 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ground Floor 10-12 Farrier Street Worcester WR1 3BH
Received 18 May 2019Former Medical Centre,93 Lowesmoor Terrace, WR1 2RS
Received 4 May 200936 Broad Street
Received 1 Sept 19937 Woodside Road WORCESTER WR5 2EG
Received 22 Nov 2016Land at 1 Melrose Close Worcester WR2 5JE
Received 2 Dec 20208-12 The Butts Worcester WR1 3AL
Received 2 Mar 200068 MARTLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 6HH
Received 1 May 1986258 Hylton Road Worcester WR2 5LA
Received 3 Sept 1993145 Droitwich Road, Worcester WR3 7JY
Received 7 Jun 2012Manor Farm Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4BS
Received 6 Jun 1997Land east of Nunnery Way, North of the A44
Received 10 Jul 201745 Carlisle Road Worcester WR5 1HZ
Received 30 Apr 1993172 Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5EE
Received 29 Jul 1999Cherry Orchard Primary School, Timberdine Close, WR5 2DD
Received 27 Jan 2011Security House, Barbourne Road
Received 3 Jan 2006Unit 1B Abbotsbury Court WORCESTER WR5 3TY
Received 5 May 202138, BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 1HU
Received 18 Jun 1987The Cricketers, 6 Angel Street, Worcester WR1 3QT
Received 10 Nov 200644 The Tything Worcester WR1 1JT
Received 8 Nov 2018Canal Siphon Portland Walk Worcester
Received 21 Jun 202422 Barneshall Avenue Worcester WR5 3EU
Received 10 Jun 202438 New Street Worcester WR1 2DL
Received 7 Dec 2023LAND ADJACENT TO 21-27 AVENING CLOSE, WORCESTER
Received 16 Jan 201829, HOPTON STREET, WORCESTER WR 2 5LH
Received 2 Sept 1986Records 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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