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.
25,811 approved · 2,732 refused · 2,127 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 30 Mar 20057 SWINTON CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR2 4HA
Received 21 Sept 201710 Sanctuary Close Worcester WR2 5PY
Received 1 Aug 2008House Of Fraser, 24 Chapel Walk, Crowngate
Received 12 Mar 20076 Green Hill Bath Road WORCESTER WR5 2AT
Received 31 Mar 2017Manor Farm Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4BS
Received 1 Dec 2010Land off Hill Street, Hillborough, Worcester
Received 15 Feb 198842 Mortlake Avenue, WR5 1QB
Received 2 May 2013ROSE PLACE, HINDLIP LANE, WORCESTER, WR3 8SA
Received 9 Nov 20163 Lansdowne Crescent Lane, WR3 8JG
Received 28 Jun 20104 St George's Square, WR1 1HX
Received 24 Nov 200534 Sidbury, Worcester, WR1 2HZ
Received 23 Jun 201522 Swinton Close Worcester WR2 4HA
Received 23 Apr 2024Land adj. 225 Tolladine Road
Received 5 Oct 2005Land adjacent to Wall House, WRI, Castle Street
Received 30 Jun 20003 & 3A ST JOHNS, WORCESTER, WR2 5AE
Received 25 Nov 2015Multiplex Cinema, Friar Street, Worcester
Received 11 May 2000178 Wylds Lane, WR5 1DN
Received 21 Feb 2005Pump House Environment Centre Waterworks Road Worcester WR1 3EZ
Received 11 Oct 202457a Stainburn Close Worcester WR2 5QJ
Received 13 Mar 202322 Newbury Road Worcester WR2 5JF
Received 10 Sept 1996Royal Grammar School, Upper Tything, Worcester
Received 11 May 1994HOLYWELL HOUSE, HOLYWELL HILL, WORCESTER WR2 5NZ
Received 14 May 201812 Lismore Green Worcester WR5 3UE
Received 24 May 2019Records 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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