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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.
25,538 approved · 2,718 refused · 2,126 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
FORMER CITY AND COUNTY SUZUKI, FARRIER STREET, WORCESTER WR1 3BH
Received 23 Feb 201823 St Georges Square Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 20 Jul 200727 HILLERY ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1RE
Received 13 Feb 2018County Hall, Spetchley Road, WR5 2NP
Received 28 Oct 200493 Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5BZ
Received 21 May 2018Tudor Grange Academy Bilford Road WORCESTER WR3 8HN
Received 23 Apr 20122 The Shambles Worcester WR1 2RF
Received 5 Oct 200045 SPETCHLEY ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2LR
Received 8 Oct 201724A and 24b New Street Worcester WR1 2DP
Received 19 Feb 202514 Mayfield Avenue Worcester WR3 8LA
Received 20 Jun 19979 - 11 COPENHAGEN STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2HB
Received 2 Jun 201634 Solent Road Worcester WR5 1LD
Received 30 Mar 20266 Falcon Close, Worcester WR5 3HJ
Received 29 Aug 2006HIMBLETON HOUSE, HIMBLETON ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 6HS
Received 13 Jan 1987Gregorys Bank, Worcester
Received 18 Aug 2015Laugherne Brook House, 113 Hallow Road, Worcester WR2 6DF
Received 4 Apr 2006104 Lansdowne Road Worcester WR3 8JL
Received 29 Jan 2020Unit 14D Brickfields Road
Received 29 Sept 1995Garibaldi Inn 80 Bromyard Road WORCESTER WR2 5DJ
Received 4 Jun 2020Sansome Walk Car Sales Sansome Walk Worcester
Received 4 Feb 200575 BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR1 1SB
Received 16 Jun 1988Albany House Surgery 4 Albany Terrace WORCESTER WR1 3DU
Received 18 Nov 201560 Kingston Avenue, Worcester WR3 8PW
Received 7 Aug 201313 Prestwich Avenue, WR5 1QA
Received 10 Feb 1998Records 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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