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.
27,534 approved · 2,970 refused · 2,136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mann Egerton, Castle Street, Worcester
Received 20 May 1987UNIT 1A, SHRUB HILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SHRUB HILL ROAD, WORC
Received 22 Oct 19875 Stony Close Worcester WR4 0JY
Received 9 Feb 200122 St George's Square, WR1 1HX
Received 19 Jun 2006Enterprise House, Infirmary Walk, Worcester
Received 3 May 2006Land at Bacchurst Place
Received 4 Jun 2003Arboretum Mews 24 Southfield Street Worcester WR1 1NH
Received 10 Sept 20247 Eastbank Drive Worcester WR3 7BH
Received 8 Oct 1996131 Tudor Way, WR2 5QU
Received 18 May 201046 Margaret Road Worcester WR2 4LR
Received 20 Mar 200617 Bramley Avenue
Received 4 Sept 20032 Martley Road Worcester WR2 6HG
Received 12 Dec 20057, SPRING LANE, WORCESTER
Received 3 Jul 19841 Wood Terrace, WR1 1NY
Received 27 Apr 19991, ROACH CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 5 3HZ
Received 17 Aug 1988118 Astwood Road Worcester WR3 8EZ
Received 29 Sept 199728 LINKSVIEW CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR5 1JJ
Received 20 Nov 2017Birmingham Midshires Building Society, 2-8 Bromyard Road, Worcester
Received 29 Sept 1995Crowngate Shopping Centre
Received 15 Nov 199620 Cover Green Worcester Worcestershire WR4 0JF
Received 14 Nov 2022197 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7BX
Received 13 Oct 199819 Bromyard Road, WR2 5BS
Received 23 May 201181 Winchester Avenue, WR2 4JG
Received 13 Sept 201022 & 22A Silverdale Avenue, WR5 1PY
Received 28 Jan 2005Records 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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