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.
28,180 approved · 3,052 refused · 2,137 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Hedges, Barneshall Avenue, WR5 3EU
Received 14 Dec 200770 Avon Road, WR4 9AQ
Received 2 Feb 2006123, KILBURY DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 5 2NG
Received 18 Feb 1986104 London Road Worcester WR5 2DY
Received 16 May 199427 College Street Worcester WR1 2LS
Received 10 Jun 1997St Mary's Court, Sansome Walk
Received 6 Jan 19967 Fitcher Close WORCESTER WR2 6DP
Received 4 Nov 202411 Rockingham Lane, WR4 0SN
Received 30 Apr 2002Warndon Court Farm, Tolladine Road
Received 28 Oct 1993Ambleside Stores, 75 Ambleside Drive
Received 15 Jul 1997Hanover Court, Elkstone Close
Received 5 Jul 200155 Sidbury Worcester WR1 2HU
Received 28 Jul 2025Cripplegate House, Severn House & Henwick House, St Clements Close, WR2 5BG
Received 18 Apr 2012Manor House, Malvern Road
Received 9 Dec 2014Land off Oldbury Road
Received 11 Oct 1993Sports Arena, Hylton Road, WR2 5JN
Received 24 Oct 2012W H Smith, 65 High Street, Worcester
Received 19 Mar 2004Land adj 225 Tolladine Road
Received 8 Mar 2000Rear of 32/34 Chestnut Walk, WR1 1PR
Received 6 Apr 201130 York Place, Worcester, WR1 3DR
Received 23 Sept 2015157, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 24 Sept 1985Mersey Road (1,4,7,13,15,20,24,25) and 36 Humber Road
Received 24 Jul 201221 Kipling Close, Worcester WR3 8DR
Received 23 Feb 2006The Anchorage Old Road Worcester Worcestershire WR2 4BU
Received 4 Mar 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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