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.
27,887 approved · 3,021 refused · 2,137 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jun 1983 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Huntingdon Hall Chapel Walk Worcester WR1 3LD
Received 16 Jun 1988UNIT 1, BUCKHOLT BUSINESS CENTRE, WARNDON BUSINESS PARK, WAR
Received 28 Jan 198821 Fish Street Worcester WR1 2HN
Received 29 Aug 2025Odeon Cinema, Foregate Street, WR1 1DX
Received 31 Jan 201212 Manor Road Worcester WR2 4PD
Received 18 Nov 2024232 Bath Road, Worcester WR5 3ER
Received 11 Oct 200216, BROOMHALL GREEN, WORCESTER
Received 16 Jun 198881 - 89 BLAKEFIELD ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 5DP
Received 20 Oct 198812 Wolsey Close Worcester WR4 9ES
Received 29 Mar 1996Dowty Meco, Bromyard Road, Worcester
Received 27 Nov 1984124 Bromwich Road, Worcester WR2 4AP
Received 28 Jul 2011Isaac Maddox House Shrub Hill Industrial Estate Worcester WR4 9EL
Received 11 Apr 2024Rear of 81 Northwick Road
Received 4 May 2004The Old Stables,, 12b College Green, WR1 2LH
Received 23 Aug 20114, MELROSE CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 2 5JE
Received 21 Jun 1988Tesco Stores St Peters Drive, WR5 3SW
Received 2 Aug 200614 Southall Avenue Worcester WR3 7LR
Received 20 Feb 200230 Catherine Road Worcester WR2 4JL
Received 5 Jun 2026Benedictos Restaurant, 34 Sidbury, Worcester WR1 2HZ
Received 6 Nov 200637-71 Dent Close, WR5 1AJ
Received 12 Oct 20102 KENDALL STREET, WORCESTER, WR3 8ND
Received 3 Jan 20193 St Swithins Street Worcester WR1 2PY
Received 26 Jan 201728 HENWICK ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5NP
Received 12 Mar 198542 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3AX
Received 27 Nov 2020Records 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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