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.
27,945 approved · 3,030 refused · 2,137 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 GREEN HILL LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2AA
Received 3 Jun 2016122 Ombersley Road WORCESTER WR3 7EZ
Received 24 Nov 2020Unit 16B Blackpole Trading Estate East
Received 10 Jul 199527 Wordsworth Avenue Worcester WR3 8DN
Received 9 Mar 2007WRI, Ronkswood Branch, Newtown Road, Worcester
Received 23 Nov 199520 Brickfields Road Worcester WR4 9TJ
Received 6 Mar 20203 Lansdowne Crescent Worcester WR3 8JE
Received 3 Mar 202512 Kendal Green
Received 17 Feb 2011The Conifers 12 Park View Terrace Worcester WR3 7AG
Received 4 Aug 2026Berkeley's Hospital, The Foregate
Received 30 Oct 199640 & 41 Foregate Street, Worcester
Received 28 Jan 2008ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL WORCESTER UPPER TYTHING WORCESTER
Received 22 Mar 201838 Silverdale Avenue, WR5 1PX
Received 22 Oct 20035, KEATS AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 3 8DU
Received 19 Jul 1983Former Scala Theatre and Corn Exchange, Angel Street, Public Conveniences, Angel Place WORCESTER WR1 3QT
Received 21 Dec 202222 Droitwich Road
Received 28 Feb 200817-17A ST SWITHINS STREET WORCESTER
Received 10 Jan 1984Land at Brindley Road/Cotswold Way
Received 17 Jun 20092 St Swithins Street Worcester WR1 2PY
Received 16 Mar 2026267 Newtown Road
Received 29 May 2002186 Astwood Road & The Old Bakery (rear of 186 Astwood Road), Worcester WR3 8HA
Received 10 Jun 20057 Beckett Drive Worcester WR3 7BZ
Received 13 Mar 199526 St Georges Square, WR1 1HX
Received 30 May 2006100 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EW
Received 20 Sept 2022Records 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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