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.
26,382 approved · 2,795 refused · 2,129 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
9 New Street
Received 12 Dec 200516, COLIN ROAD, WORCESTER WR 3 7DB
Received 1 Jul 1988Unity House, Stanley Road, WR5 1BB
Received 30 Sept 2010Chacewater House, Chacewater Avenue, WR3 7AW
Received 22 Nov 2004HSBC 6-9 Broad Street Worcester WR1 2EJ
Received 26 Jan 202310 Barn Close Worcester WR2 4JS
Received 7 Aug 2007Plot 96F Blackpole Trading Estate West
Received 23 May 2000Worcestershire Royal Infirmary NHS Trust Newtown Road Worcester
Received 23 Oct 1996UPPER BATTENHALL FARM, WHITTINGTON ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 30 Jul 1987Lloyds Bank, 4 The Cross
Received 22 Apr 19965 Foregate Street
Received 25 Jun 2009Northwick Manor Junior School, Northwick Road, WR3 7EA
Received 24 Jul 20026 Spring Bank, WR3 8SD
Received 27 May 20106 Burtree Avenue Worcester WR4 0NQ
Received 7 May 20026 Buttermere Drive, WR4 9HX
Received 14 Dec 199916 Fountain Place Worcester WR1 3HW
Received 1 Oct 2025THE OLD COACH HOUSE, PARK VIEW TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR3 7AG
Received 26 Aug 201630-32 Sandys Road Worcester WR1 3HE
Received 21 Jan 2022THE COACH HOUSE, LARK HILL, WORCESTER
Received 20 Aug 1987Diglis Basin Basin Road Worcester
Received 15 Aug 200545A Britannia Square, WR1 3DW
Received 19 Mar 2008T J's Bar, 18 Broad Street
Received 10 Sept 200749 Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2LR
Received 20 Jun 2012The Old School House Comer Road Worcester WR2 5HU
Received 1 Sept 2021Records 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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