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.
27,317 approved · 2,934 refused · 2,133 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 St Johns, WR2 5AD
Received 2 Jun 200845 Hillery Road, WR5 1RF
Received 2 Apr 2009Lloyds TSB Bank Bromwich Lane, WR2 4BL
Received 22 May 20082,4,8-34,38-60 evens Grenville Road,20,26-32 evens Gresham, Road.
Received 2 Feb 1996Lock House, Basin Road, WR5 3DA
Received 11 Mar 2013Land at 9 Lechmere Crescent, Worcester
Received 7 Oct 20137 Sansome Place, WR1 1UG
Received 12 Jun 20001 BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER, WR1 3DG
Received 20 Sept 201716 Lambert Road Worcester WR2 5DG
Received 4 Nov 202541 Britannia Square, Worcester WR1 3DN
Received 12 Aug 20154 Trent Road, Worcester, WR5 1LB
Received 8 Apr 201562, BROADWAY GROVE, WORCESTER WR 2 5EU
Received 19 May 19883, PEVENSEY CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 5 2HZ
Received 10 May 1988Blackpole Retail Park Blackpole Road Worcester WR3 8PQ
Received 2 Aug 201860, SOMERS ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 3JJ
Received 5 Nov 19851 Wych Elm Close, WR5 2EN
Received 16 Aug 201159-60 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LY
Received 29 Jun 2001178 Northwick Road Worcester WR3 7EQ
Received 24 Jul 2007Unit 15 Reindeer Court, Mealcheapen Street, Worcester
Received 14 Aug 19953 Eastnor Close Worcester WR5 2BZ
Received 12 Sept 199417 St Georges Square Worcester Worcestershire WR1 1HX
Received 13 Dec 2022Blessed Edward Oldcorne R C School, Timberdine Avenue, Worcester WR5 2XD
Received 28 Jun 200638 Britannia Square, WR1 3DN
Received 20 Feb 200832 & 34 Lowesmoor
Received 9 Sept 2003Records 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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