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.
28,313 approved · 3,076 refused · 2,140 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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22 Britannia Square, WR1 3DH
Received 15 Apr 20095 Worboys Road Worcester WR2 4JJ
Received 29 Mar 2021CONIFER, 23, SWINTON LANE, WORCESTER WR 2 4JP
Received 20 Oct 1988Four Oaks, 10 Leopard Rise
Received 29 Aug 20013 FIELD TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR5 3BN
Received 4 Oct 201898 Brickfields Road Worcester Worcestershire WR4 9TZ
Received 23 Mar 2022St Mary's Court, Sansome Walk, WR1 1NU
Received 1 Jul 2010Land at Tweenways, 1 Redhill Lane
Received 24 Sept 200742 Lowell Street Worcester
Received 15 May 2012ST OSWALDS LODGE - ALICE OTTLEY, 53, BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCE
Received 1 Oct 198724 Badger Gardens, WR5 3TG
Received 22 Sept 2009173 Oldbury Road Worcester WR2 6AR
Received 3 Dec 201970 Grasshopper Avenue, WR5 3TB
Received 28 Jul 200318 Barbers Close Worcester WR4 9XX
Received 25 Feb 2022ST OSWALDS LODGE - ALICE OTTLEY, 53, BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCE
Received 1 Oct 1987Basin Wall, adjacent to Diglis Lock Cottage, Basin Road, WR5 3DA
Received 22 Feb 20065 Daty Croft, WR4 0JB
Received 3 Jun 199913 HAYFIELD CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR2 5UQ
Received 30 Oct 2016200a Bilford Road, WR3 8HL
Received 22 Oct 2008Corner of Oldbury Road and Brookside Road, Worcester
Received 20 Jul 199810 College Street, WR1 2LU
Received 30 Jan 2007Worcestershire Royal Hospital Charles Hastings Way Worcester WR5 1DD
Received 4 Jul 201771 Riverview Close Worcester Worcestershire WR2 6DA
Received 26 Apr 2024Plumb Center, Plot 1, Berkeley Business Park, Wainwright Road, Warndon, Worcester
Received 9 May 1996Records 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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