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.
26,828 approved · 2,867 refused · 2,130 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Aug 1984 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tutnall House, Claines Lane
Received 10 Jul 19951a Avenue Road, WR2 4ES
Received 11 Feb 2014140 Comer Road, WR2 5JD
Received 17 Jun 201015 St Audries Road WORCESTER WR5 2AL
Received 8 Jul 2020229 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7BY
Received 27 May 198826 Southfield Street Worcester WR1 1NH
Received 11 Jul 199439 Debdale Avenue, Worcester WR4 0RP
Received 1 Aug 2003191 Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4NW
Received 24 Aug 2006Warren Bank Barn Manor Farm Malvern Road WORCESTER WR2 4BS
Received 28 Mar 2023Land off Hastings Drive, Warndon Court Hamlet, Heywood (north)
Received 2 Feb 19995, ANGEL STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3QT
Received 25 Nov 19862 Sebright Lawn, Battenhall Road, WR5 2BH
Received 9 Mar 2012Mill View, Martley Road
Received 27 Jun 1996Archdale 73 Club, Windermere Drive, Worcester, WR4 9HY
Received 18 Jun 20152 SPRINGFIELD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 3AR
Received 23 Nov 20178 Beckett Drive, WR3 7BZ
Received 6 Jul 2012H Samuel, 32 The Cross, WR1 3PZ
Received 25 Apr 2001Church Meadow, Plantation Drive/Millwood Drive, Worcester
Received 19 Jun 2000The Swan with Two Nicks New Street, WR1 2DP
Received 23 Feb 2007Moorooka 27 Redcliffe Street WORCESTER WR3 7AP
Received 11 Feb 2021Land At Hindlip Lane Worcester WR3 8SB
Received 1 Dec 202535 St Nicholas Street (formerly The Imperial Hotel) Worcester
Received 19 May 199524 Quay Street, WR1 2JJ
Received 12 Apr 201116 Ashdown Close
Received 9 Mar 1998Records 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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