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.
28,616 approved · 3,114 refused · 2,153 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
1, CITY ARCADE, WORCESTER
Received 21 Feb 19842 Crown Passage (former Laura Ashley) Worcester WR1 3LL
Received 6 Jan 20234 BERKELEY STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 3JL
Received 27 Apr 20169 Windrush Close, WR5 1JZ
Received 1 Oct 2004Land off Newtown Road Worcester
Received 26 Mar 2019Avonmore Distribution Depot,Weir Lane
Received 23 Jul 19971 Albert Road
Received 6 Mar 200733 Beech Avenue WORCESTER WR3 8PY
Received 6 Apr 20217 GRASSINGTON DRIVE, WORCESTER, WR4 0BE
Received 12 Dec 201831 SANDYS ROAD, WORCESTER, WR1 3HE
Received 11 Apr 2018SITE OF 17-21, PORTLAND STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2NL
Received 15 Oct 1985110 Bromwich Road, Worcester WR2 4AP
Received 29 Jun 1998NORTHWICK ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE,NORTHWICK ROAD
Received 8 Apr 1988Worcester Golf And Country Club Bransford Road Worcester WR2 4EZ
Received 15 Nov 2016Unit 2 Blackpole Retail Park, Blackpole Road (Petsmart Ltd), Worcester WR3 8PQ
Received 27 Jan 199818-20, SILVER STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2DA
Received 22 May 19866 & 8 The Ridgeway, WR5 2DA
Received 19 Dec 2011Land Off McKenzie Way, Off Tolladine Road, Worcester, WR4 9
Received 16 Jan 2015City Wells House, Sidbury
Received 19 Sept 2007136, BATTENHALL ROAD, WORCESTER WR5 2BT
Received 11 Dec 1987Unit S, Newtown Trading Estate, Newtown Road, Worcester WR5 1HF
Received 3 Sept 198519 Bromyard Road
Received 17 Apr 200018 Amery Close Worcester Worcestershire WR5 2HL
Received 6 Jul 202330 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3NH
Received 27 Sept 1993Records 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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