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.
24,859 approved · 2,678 refused · 2,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Dec 1985 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Vesta Tilley Centre Ground Floor Office, Lowesmoor, Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 11 Jul 20143-4 Crown Passage, WR1 3LL
Received 25 Aug 200613 LAXTON AVENUE, WORCESTER WR2 6EJ
Received 19 Jun 2018Worcester City Football Club St Georges Lane North
Received 24 Jun 199923 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DH
Received 15 Apr 2021Lock 2 Diglis Basin Road Worcester
Received 24 Jul 200843 Kingsbury Road, Worcester WR2 4JH
Received 8 Aug 200218 Farundles Avenue, WR4 0LX
Received 4 Oct 2004Security House, Barbourne Road, WR1 1RS
Received 6 May 2004Ground Floor of 26 New Street, WR2 2DP
Received 30 Jul 200943-55 and 56-65 The Hopmarket Foregate Street Worcester
Received 20 Oct 200810 Bankside Close Worcester WR3 7BG
Received 18 Jan 19961 Ribston Close, WR2 6EH
Received 30 Sept 2008Kay & Company, 250 Bransford Road, Worcester
Received 27 Nov 1996Oak House Bridgwater Road Worcester WR4 9FQ
Received 30 Sept 2026Land to rear of Barbourne House, Barbourne Crescent, Off Langdale Road, Worcester
Received 7 Sept 200721 The Cross Worcester WR1 3PZ
Received 19 Aug 1996Chantry House, 22 Glebe Close, WR2 5AX
Received 14 Nov 2008Central Services Building, Newtown Road, WR5 1HT
Received 30 Mar 200923 TUNNEL HILL, WORCESTER WR3 8QJ
Received 3 May 2018252 Ombersley Road, WR3 7HB
Received 17 Jul 2008KING GEORGE V PLAYING FIELDS, BRICKFIELDS ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 11 Nov 198723, COMER GARDENS, WORCESTER WR 2 6JA
Received 29 Sept 1988Kings Head 67 Sidbury Worcester WR1 2HU
Received 24 Jul 2026Records 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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