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.
25,324 approved · 2,705 refused · 2,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tall Trees 268B Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4PA
Received 26 May 202011 The Foregate WORCESTER WR1 3QD
Received 26 May 201112 St Audries Road Worcester WR5 2AL
Received 6 Jun 2025University Arena Hylton Road Worcester
Received 18 Jul 201312 Pierpoint Street, WR1 1TA
Received 1 Dec 200014 Laurel Road Worcester WR4 9RT
Received 17 Sept 202059-60 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LY
Received 28 Sept 200523 St Annes Road, WR3 7PG
Received 26 Feb 2002CHURCH HOUSE, THE AVENUE THE CROSS, WORCESTER WR 1 3QA
Received 2 Dec 1987BRIDGES RESTAURANT HINDLIP LANE WORCESTER
Received 20 Aug 198727 The Shambles, Worcester WR1 2RA
Received 20 Mar 200314 Leabank Drive Worcester
Received 22 Apr 2020123 COMER ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5JD
Received 1 Jun 2018373 Bath Road WORCESTER WR5 3BE
Received 27 Jul 2018Unit 1 The Triangle Wildwood Drive, WR5 2QX
Received 23 Feb 200931 HAWKWOOD CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR2 6BN
Received 29 Apr 1988Willow Court Autumn Terrace WORCESTER WR5 1BJ
Received 16 Apr 1999112 Blackpole Road WORCESTER WR4 9TA
Received 14 Feb 202457 Battenhall Avenue WORCESTER WR5 2HN
Received 27 Aug 2024CAR PARK AT SANSOME WALK, WORCESTER
Received 17 Jun 201669 Shrubbery Avenue WORCESTER WR1 1QP
Received 20 Jun 2022Shrub Hill Road Worcester
Received 10 Jul 202335 -39 BATTENHALL ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2BQ
Received 6 Jun 201731 Friar Street Worcester WR1 2NA
Received 12 May 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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