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.
26,011 approved · 2,756 refused · 2,127 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 1DX
Received 17 Dec 200124 Mortlake Avenue, Worcester WR5 1QD
Received 19 May 2016St Placides Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HR
Received 14 Feb 202525 Lobelia Close Worcester WR5 3RR
Received 6 Aug 200717 Droitwich Road Worcester WR3 7LG
Received 11 Jan 199510, CORNMARKET, WORCESTER
Received 1 Jul 19863E, CROWN STREET, WORCESTER WR 3 8AS
Received 22 Aug 1988Lansdowne Lodge 3 Till Street WORCESTER WR3 8LL
Received 1 Dec 202022 St. Georges Lane North, Worcester, WR1 1QX
Received 20 Nov 2014Carmichael International Ltd, Weir Lane
Received 2 Sept 1993Garage Court Turrall Street Worcester WR3 8AJ
Received 9 Nov 2020Unit S Blackpole Trading Estate East, Blackpole Road, Worcester
Received 8 Dec 200356 Cornmeadow Lane, WR3 7PL
Received 25 Jan 2008Various properties in May Avenue, Lilac Avenue and Rowan Avenue, Worcester
Received 11 Mar 20138 Elm Green Close Worcester WR5 3HD
Received 10 May 2000Griffith House, 30 Loves Grove
Received 18 Dec 2006James Beattie PLC, 24 Chapel Walk, WR1 3LD
Received 22 Jul 2002Lindisfarne House 4 Barbourne Terrace Worcester WR1 3JS
Received 4 Jun 20218 Burdett Place, WR4 0QT
Received 30 Mar 2012Land south of the A4440 Broomhall Way
Received 14 Mar 20085, FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 1DB
Received 20 Aug 198713 St George's Square
Received 4 Feb 20082 Beckett Road Worcester WR3 7NJ
Received 22 Apr 1999Adjacent 9/11 Lechmere Crescent
Received 23 Mar 1994Records 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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