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.
25,813 approved · 2,732 refused · 2,127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 London Road, WR5 2DY
Received 7 Nov 20113 Battenhall Place, WR5 2DT
Received 3 Jul 2003UNIT 6, SHIPSTON CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR4 9XN
Received 21 Mar 201832, BROAD STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3NH
Received 20 Aug 1987100 Spetchley Road, Worcester WR5 2NL
Received 16 Jan 2024The Firs 67 Rainbow Hill Worcester WR3 8NF
Received 10 Mar 200740 Teme Road Worcester WR4 9AP
Received 6 Sept 1993Lowesmoor Trading Estate, City Walls Road/Pheasant Street
Received 30 Jan 2012Russell & Dorrell's Depot, Park Street
Received 22 Jun 199321 FARNE AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR5 3PH
Received 13 Aug 2018Fort Royal Park Wylds Lane Worcester WR5 1DN
Received 18 Nov 2024St Peter's Telephone Exchange, Whittington Road
Received 30 Sept 20056 York Place, WR1 3DR
Received 19 Apr 2012Cowie Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5HP
Received 20 May 1996Land adjacent to Timberdine Public House, St Peters Drive, Worcester
Received 7 Dec 2007Land adjacent 85 Canada Way Worcester
Received 28 Jul 20102 Calgary Drive Worcester WR2 4DT
Received 19 Jun 200023 Burleigh Road, WR2 5QT
Received 25 Feb 200913 Bromyard Road, Worcester WR2 5BS
Received 15 Apr 20132 Perry Wood Walk, WR5 1EH
Received 19 Jan 2006Knightsbridge Park, Wainwright Road
Received 26 Apr 200030 Bloomfield Road, WR2 4JN
Received 20 Oct 2000Saints Hill 53 Northwick Close Worcester WR3 7EF
Received 21 Dec 2020Former Ronkswood Hospital Site, Newtown Road
Received 19 Aug 2013Records 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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