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.
26,383 approved · 2,795 refused · 2,129 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Feb 1985 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
115 Tunnel Hill, Worcester WR4 9SB
Received 26 May 2000Lanclan 6 Perrywood Walk Worcester WR5 1EH
Received 19 Aug 202210 Stuart Rise, WR5 2QQ
Received 18 Jul 200635 Battenhall Road, WR5 2BQ
Received 13 Apr 20069 Hanbury House Oaklands Court Worcester WR5 2BB
Received 21 Feb 20197 Palmers Green, WR2 4JY
Received 10 Jul 200821 The Cross Worcester WR1 3PZ
Received 16 Nov 1995Unit 17 Shipston Close Worcester WR4 9XN
Received 14 Aug 20266 Britannia Square
Received 27 Jan 199442 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3AX
Received 28 Jun 20229 Truro Gardens, Worcester, WR5 1RY
Received 19 Mar 201541 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1EE
Received 17 Aug 1995Great Western Business Park, Land off McKenzie Way, WR4 9GN
Received 22 Jun 2016Worcester Combined Court, The Shirehall, Foregate Street
Received 4 Mar 200850A, UPPER TYTHING, WORCESTER
Received 10 Mar 19885 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DB
Received 4 Aug 199340 Britannia Square, WR1 3DM
Received 10 Aug 2000127 Bromyard Road, WR2 5DL
Received 29 Mar 2004Bridgewater House, Blackpole Road
Received 19 Jun 2014Land at Oldbury Road, Worcester
Received 20 Aug 198740 Tiree Avenue, Worcester WR5 3UA
Received 18 Apr 201395 High Street, Worcester
Received 25 Jul 199639 Tunnel Hill Worcester WR4 9RP
Received 20 Jan 2020Lamplighter P.H., Wyld's Lane, Worcester WR5 1DF
Received 18 May 1993Records 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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