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.
27,538 approved · 2,970 refused · 2,137 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Nov 1983 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Mealcheapen Street WORCESTER WR1 2DQ
Received 20 May 198629 York Place, WR1 3DR
Received 22 Aug 2001Xdale Ltd, Unit 89 Blackpole Trading Estate West, Worcester WR3 8TJ
Received 22 Feb 199564 Humber Road, Worcester WR5 1LH
Received 14 Mar 20146 Eltric Road WORCESTER WR3 7NU
Received 15 Feb 202323 Sanctuary Close, Worcester, WR2 5PY
Received 16 Jan 2015Perrywood Trading Park Wylds Lane Worcester WR5 1DZ
Received 2 Sept 200533-35, BROAD STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3NH
Received 29 Nov 198359-69 & 77-91 St. Georges Lane North, WR1 1QX
Received 19 Feb 201437 Albany Terrace Worcester WR1 3DY
Received 14 Oct 2025Startins Honda Bromyard Road
Received 29 Jul 1999The Old Fire Station Copenhagen Street Worcester WR1 2EB
Received 30 Jun 2022Unit 2, Pope Iron Road, Worcester
Received 24 Apr 2003Former Dairy Site, Newtown Road, Worcester
Received 31 Jan 2000Former Scala Theatre, Angel Place
Received 30 Mar 1994Wadham Kenning, St Martins Gate
Received 9 Feb 199316 Lansdowne Crescent Worcester WR3 8JE
Received 18 Jun 2020OLD BREWERY SERVICE STATION, BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 3 Jul 198418 St Swithuns Close Worcester WR5 2JA
Received 1 Jul 2024Lindisfarne House 4 Barbourne Terrace Worcester WR1 3JS
Received 17 Sept 202519, SPRINGFIELD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 3AR
Received 13 Jan 1987THE NOOK, BATTENHALL AVENUE, WORCESTER WR5 2HW
Received 13 Oct 198824 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DH
Received 12 Aug 202510 Ronkswood Hill Worcester WR4 9EP
Received 22 Jul 2026Records 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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