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.
26,199 approved · 2,772 refused · 2,128 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
8 Vetchfield Avenue, WR4 0PA
Received 24 Jan 200830 Livingstone Street Worcester WR5 2ES
Received 3 Sept 202537- 39 Sidbury Worcester WR1 2HT
Received 21 Nov 201917, LOWESMOOR, WORCESTER WR1 2RS
Received 14 Oct 1986Worcester College of Higher Education, Henwick Grove
Received 30 Nov 1993Hylton Road Garage, 7 Hylton Road
Received 17 Feb 19947 CONWAY, WORCESTER WR4 9AJ
Received 3 Jun 201647 Britannia Square, WR1 3DW
Received 25 Jul 2011Unit 60D Blackpole Trading Estate West WORCESTER WR3 8TJ
Received 3 Feb 2022178 Penhill Crescent, Worcester WR2 5PZ
Received 9 Aug 200425 Cover Green, WR4 0JF
Received 17 Oct 2002The Albion Public House Bath Road Worcester
Received 14 Oct 20034 Leabank Drive Worcester WR3 7QZ
Received 11 Jan 2019Crowngate Shopping Centre, Angel Place, Worcester, WR1 3LE
Received 19 Aug 201628 Happy Land North Worcester WR2 5DH
Received 29 Apr 1994233 Newtown Road Worcester WR5 1JB
Received 29 Sept 19888 LICHFIELD AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR5 1NT
Received 16 Mar 201812 SOUTHALL AVENUE, WORCESTER WR3 7LR
Received 10 Jul 2017Toby's Tavern, 9 Sansome Street
Received 24 Apr 2007Apex Site 'A' Bridgewater Road/Wainwright Road, Worcester
Received 5 May 199922 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DN
Received 23 Nov 2001Flat 1 and 2 108 Bromyard Road Worcester Worcestershire WR2 5DJ
Received 4 Sept 202461 Foxwell Street Worcester WR5 2ET
Received 16 Feb 2021UNIT 7, SHIPSTON CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 4 9XN
Received 17 Mar 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage