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.
24,927 approved · 2,685 refused · 2,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Bull Ring opposite Bromwich Lane
Received 9 Mar 20072A St Nicholas Street
Received 14 Oct 1996Garage court rear of 55-73 Ambleside Drive
Received 10 Dec 1997Plot 1, Riverside Meadows, King Stephens Mount, Henwick Road, Worcester
Received 13 Jun 1988116 Woolhope Road WORCESTER WR5 2AP
Received 25 Nov 2021Whatley Weston & Fox, 15-16 The Tything, WR1 1HD
Received 13 Dec 2012250 Hylton Road Worcester WR2 5LA
Received 11 Oct 2019Land Adjacent 224 Northwick Road, WR3 7EH
Received 17 Dec 2013Worcester College of Higher Education, Oldbury Road
Received 30 Dec 1994United Reform Church, Albany Terrace
Received 14 Nov 20003 Hayfield Close Worcester WR2 5UQ
Received 4 Jun 2019131 Bromyard Road, WR2 5OL
Received 11 Aug 201091 KILBURY DRIVE, WORCESTER WR5 2NG
Received 20 Apr 20165, BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER WR 1 3DG
Received 23 Sept 1986St Johns Laundrette,, 87 St Johns, WR2 5AG
Received 4 Aug 2011St Johns Sports Centre Swanpool Walk Worcester WR2 4EL
Received 16 Jan 199743 Friar Street, Worcester WR1 2NA
Received 3 Sept 200247 Bromwich Road Worcester WR2 4AD
Received 30 Jul 201921 The Ridgeway Worcester WR5 2DA
Received 20 Aug 2020Hostel House 5 College Green Worcester
Received 8 Sept 202053 The Tything, WR1 1JT
Received 11 Feb 200929 Peterborough Close, Worcester WR5 1PW
Received 18 Aug 20144 St Moritz Close Worcester WR3 7ND
Received 2 Jan 202427 Ambleside Drive Worcester WR4 9DA
Received 16 Jul 2014Records 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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