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.
25,635 approved · 2,723 refused · 2,126 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1a Blackpole Retail Park Blackpole Road WORCESTER WR3 8PQ
Received 28 Jan 202130 Merrimans Hill Road, WR3 8LW
Received 15 Apr 2009Site located between Richards Keep and The White House, Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NL
Received 24 Aug 201815 Lambourne Crescent, WR2 6ER
Received 25 May 201245, COMER ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5HU
Received 31 Mar 198856 Teme Road WORCESTER WR4 9AP
Received 8 Sept 2021MILANO PIZZA, 48A FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 1EE
Received 19 Apr 201822 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DH
Received 28 May 202141 Woolhope Road, Worcester WR5 2AR
Received 24 Mar 201546, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR1 2QB
Received 18 Feb 1986Meadow View Cornmeadow Lane, WR3 7PW
Received 2 Apr 2008128 Lansdowne Road
Received 5 Jul 1994Kwiksave Store, 8 Angel Street, WR1 3QT
Received 28 Sept 2005Unit 1, Shipston Close
Received 5 May 19984 BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER, WR1 3DG
Received 1 Oct 2015Plot 6A3 Shire Business Park
Received 27 Jan 1995180 Wylds Lane Worcester WR5 1DN
Received 13 Dec 2021BOHUN HOUSE, 164 HALLOW ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 6DJ
Received 23 Jan 2018SITE 4 (UNIT 1B), EVEROAK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BROMYARD ROAD,
Received 18 Aug 198811 Albany Terrace, Worcester WR1 3DU
Received 6 Sept 201221 Toftdale Green (LV1 North)
Received 7 Nov 1994Former Ronkswood Hospital, Darwin Avenue, Worcester
Received 20 May 2011BT Worcester ATE, 26 Bromyard Road, WR2 5BT
Received 14 Jan 2009LAND AT HONISTER DRIVE, WORCESTER WR4 9NZ
Received 11 Nov 1987Records 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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