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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.
26,883 approved · 2,878 refused · 2,130 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Old Northwick Lane
Received 10 Feb 200025 Toftdale Green Worcester WR4 0PE
Received 20 Apr 2007Tesco Stores Ltd Mill Wood Drive Worcester WR4 0UJ
Received 28 Mar 2022Land at Tybridge Street/Hylton Road
Received 21 Feb 200015, TWEED CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 5 1SD
Received 11 Jun 1986Cove Cottage, Neweys Hill, WR3 7AL
Received 25 Nov 200513 Cope Road Worcester WR3 7JL
Received 10 Apr 2007Former Crown Simplimatic Premises, Prescott Drive, Worcester WR4 9RH
Received 11 Sept 2000OASIS DENTAL CARE, 25A ST JOHNS, WORCESTER, WR2 5AG
Received 15 Jan 201620 Beckett Road, Worcester WR3 7NH
Received 21 Jan 200519, WHITE LADIES CLOSE, WORCESTER WR1 1PZ
Received 20 May 198763 Kingston Avenue, WR3 8PN
Received 25 Jan 200121 The Cross, WR1 1UN
Received 1 Mar 201014 Carden Street Worcester
Received 7 Dec 200775 London Road WORCESTER WR5 2DU
Received 13 Mar 2023The Gate House, The Foregate, WR1 3QG
Received 26 Mar 201337 Beech Avenue, Worcester WR3 8PY
Received 28 Feb 2014247 HENWICK ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5PG
Received 4 Feb 2016Lea And Perrins 3 Midland Road Worcester WR5 1DS
Received 11 Sept 2025SEVERN BRIDGE FILLING STATION, NEW ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4QG
Received 14 Aug 1984179-181 Bath Road, WR5 3AQ
Received 25 Apr 2006TRAMPS NIGHTCLUB, ANGEL PLACE, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 6 Nov 1984Narraways, 29 St Johns, WR2 5AG
Received 27 Jun 2013Bennetts Dairy, Manor Farm
Received 12 Jun 2006Records 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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