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.
27,719 approved · 3,007 refused · 2,137 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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The Coach House, Woodside, Larkhill Road
Received 19 Jun 2007Worcester Sixth Form College, Spetchley Road, WR5 2LU
Received 13 Apr 20044 Star Lane, WR2 2AP
Received 18 Sept 2006Warmstry Court Quay Street Worcester WR1 2JJ
Received 6 Dec 201912 Barbourne Terrace Worcester WR1 3JS
Received 10 May 2007Land between Metal Castings and The Haven, Droitwich Road
Received 4 May 199921 Redfern Avenue, WR5 1PZ
Received 14 Feb 200780 Columbia Drive Worcester WR2 4XR
Received 12 Mar 200210 Beech Avenue North WORCESTER WR3 8PX
Received 11 Nov 202478 HIGH STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2ET
Received 17 Jan 2018Land at rear of 22 Boughton Street
Received 13 Mar 200623, SANDYS ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 3HE
Received 27 Sept 1983LAND AND BUILDINGS AT, GREGORYS BANK, WORCESTER
Received 7 Jan 1986The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Canada Way
Received 23 Nov 1994Land to the North of the Butts, WR1 3PA
Received 22 Aug 2011The Corner Shop, 2 Compton Road, WR5 1DY
Received 17 Jul 200024 Droitwich Road, WR3 7LH
Received 11 Aug 2004Recaf Buildings Prescott Drive Warndon Industrial Estate Worcester
Received 18 Oct 1983WEST VIEW BUNGALOW, NEWEYS HILL, WORCESTER WR 3 7AL
Received 25 Mar 1987Unit 72A Blackpole Trading Estate West, Worcester WR3 8TJ
Received 9 Feb 2000AND LAND ADJ.,8,LONDON ROAD
Received 12 Mar 198539-41, BROMYARD TERRACE, WORCESTER WR 2 5BW
Received 15 Oct 1985238 Bilford Road Worcester WR3 8HW
Received 23 Aug 200712 Lowesmoor Wharf Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 3 Jul 2019Records 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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