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.
28,343 approved · 3,080 refused · 2,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Oct 1982 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Berkeley Rooms, Shaw Street
Received 5 Nov 1993107 Battenhall Road WORCESTER WR5 2BU
Received 1 Feb 2018Land off Rose Avenue, Worcester
Received 17 Dec 1985Alice Ottley School Upper Tything
Received 15 Jan 2008SITE 17, HYLTON ROAD TRADING ESTATE, HYLTON ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 20 May 198610, ANGEL MALL, ANGEL PLACE, WORCESTER WR 1 3QN
Received 1 Jul 198651 Shrubbery Avenue Worcester WR1 1QP
Received 25 Aug 2022Hydro Automotive Structures UK Ltd, Williamson Road, Worcester
Received 3 Feb 200423 The Cross Worcester WR1 3PZ
Received 2 Dec 20251 Somers Road Worcester WR1 3HG
Received 11 Oct 1999Rear of 26-28 Barbourne Road
Received 11 Jun 20048 LICHFIELD AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR5 1NT
Received 8 Jun 2018Riverbank Site, Diglis Dock Road
Received 7 Sept 2007Crown Fare Ltd., Newtown Road Trading Estate, Worcester WR5 1HF
Received 20 Aug 19879 Kingston Avenue Worcester
Received 24 Nov 20052A St Marks Close Worcester WR5 3DJ
Received 24 Apr 20035 PIERPOINT STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 1TA
Received 2 Feb 201819 Foregate Street Worcester
Received 15 Feb 2023The Cottage, Belmont House, 61 Bransford Road, Worcester
Received 22 Oct 1987142 Bransford Road Worcester WR2 4EX
Received 22 Dec 199710 St Swithins Street
Received 9 Jul 2014Hallow Ridge, Hallow Road, WR2 6DF
Received 23 Jan 200636 Northwick Close Worcester WR3 7EF
Received 9 Aug 2023Gregorys Bank Worcester
Received 2 Jun 2015Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
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.
Check collection coverage