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.
25,744 approved · 2,729 refused · 2,126 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
419 Ombersley Road, Worcester WR3 7DQ
Received 16 Apr 200471 The Hill Avenue Worcester WR5 2AN
Received 12 Apr 201915 Eltric Road WORCESTER WR3 7NU
Received 23 Feb 2022The Hopmarket The Foregate/Sansome Street
Received 29 Mar 1999144 Bromwich Road, Worcester WR2 4AS
Received 13 Mar 20095 Packhorse Close Worcester WR2 6AG
Received 22 Aug 1995Land at 165 Northwick Road, Worcester WR3 7EQ
Received 26 Nov 201397 Foley Road Worcester WR2 4ND
Received 10 Feb 2020BLEA BECK COTTAGE, 109 HALLOW ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 23 May 2018Shrub Hill Railway Station, Shrub Hill Road, WR4 9EJ
Received 17 Sept 201348 Fort Royal Hill, Worcester WR5 1BY
Received 11 Feb 201179 Wylds Lane
Received 31 Aug 1994Reindeer Court, Mealcheapen Street, Worcester
Received 11 Jun 200431 Boughton Avenue, Worcester WR2 5EH
Received 8 Jun 199893 Lowesmoor Terrace, WR1 2RX
Received 21 Mar 201246-48 Barbourne Road Worcester
Received 10 Mar 201417 Beaver Close, WR2 4EG
Received 23 Mar 199927B BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER WR1 3DH
Received 20 Jul 2018115 Medway Road
Received 28 Jun 19997 Croome Road WORCESTER WR2 4PL
Received 11 Apr 2017Perdiswell Museum Store,, John Comyn Drive
Received 6 Feb 2008Hills Brow 224 Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4PA
Received 2 Jul 2002UNIT 10, 158, BROMYARD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2
Received 7 Jan 1988Shell Barneshall (Worcester), Bath Road, Worcester
Received 16 Jul 1997Records 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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