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.
25,191 approved · 2,697 refused · 2,125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER
Received 25 Sept 2015Blackpole Retail Park, Blackpole Road, Worcester WR3 8PQ
Received 21 Dec 2020Abberley House, Droitwich Road
Received 28 Mar 200126, WOODLAND CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 3 8HU
Received 1 Oct 198754 Pitmaston Road Worcester WR2 4HY
Received 22 Mar 202158 Field Road Worcester WR3 8QS
Received 8 May 2000Christian Meeting Room, Diglis Lane, WR5 3DQ
Received 14 Jan 2010Pavement fronting 54 Ripon Road
Received 18 Jun 200124 Dinchall Road, WR5 2ND
Received 25 Apr 2006146-150 Tunnel Hill Worcester WR4 9SB
Received 16 Oct 20143 Amery Close, Worcester, WR5 2HL
Received 26 Jun 201512 Melrose Close, Worcester WR2 5JE
Received 31 Aug 2011International House 13 Pierpoint Street Worcester WR1 1YD
Received 3 May 2024Land east of Nunnery Way, Worcester
Received 21 Feb 2018Bosch Thermotecnology Uk Ltd Cotswold Way WORCESTER WR4 9SW
Received 3 Jan 201924 Diglis Avenue, WR1 2NS
Received 30 Mar 200945 Meadow Road Worcester WR3 7PP
Received 27 Sept 202168 LONDON ROAD (Highfield)
Received 10 Apr 20162A TUDOR WAY, WORCESTER WR2 5QH
Received 15 May 198726, DEVON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 1QQ
Received 26 Sept 19861 Copsewood Avenue & 7 Leopard Rise (formerly plots 46 & 45, Aconbury Farm)
Received 5 Feb 1996The Wheatsheaf, 194 Henwick Road, Worcester WR2 5PF
Received 16 Sept 2010UNIT 2, ST SWITHINS HOUSE, 9, TRINITY STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 17 Dec 1985Middle Battenhall Farm, Steel Barn Upper Battenhall Worcester WR7 4RU
Received 16 Feb 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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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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