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.
28,663 approved · 3,115 refused · 2,153 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Unit 6, Sherriff Street Trading Estate, Worcester WR4 9AB
Received 27 Apr 199495 LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2DZ
Received 1 Aug 20182 Lansdowne Crescent Worcester WR3 8JE
Received 10 Aug 2020Land at Cotswold Way, Warndon
Received 18 Jul 20078 Barbourne Road, Worcester WR1 1HT
Received 16 Mar 200937 Ransom Avenue Worcester WR5 3AL
Received 31 Dec 1993Harrington Court 93 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2SA
Received 14 Oct 1986Unit 7D St Martins Quarter Worcester
Received 22 Nov 201215 TAVERN ORCHARD, WORCESTER WR4 0NS
Received 17 Nov 2015Worcester Cathedral, College Yard
Received 15 May 199859/60 THE TYTHING, WORCESTER WR1 1JT
Received 27 Apr 1987Land east of Nunnery Way, North of the A44
Received 5 Mar 20172, EDWARD CLOSE, WORCESTER
Received 5 Nov 1985Land at Oldbury Road, Worcester
Received 9 Apr 201435 Diglis Road Worcester WR5 3BW
Received 28 Aug 202024/25 Spring Lane
Received 12 Nov 20016 Lobelia Close Worcester Worcestershire WR5 3RR
Received 23 Feb 202457 Diglis Lane, WR5 3DQ
Received 27 Sept 20132, DRYDEN CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 3 8ED
Received 13 Mar 1984Pavement Corner of Wych Elm Close and London Road Worcester WR5 2EN
Received 19 Oct 20107 COLLEGE YARD, WORCESTER WR1 2LA
Received 22 Apr 1986Timberdine Barns St Peters Drive Worcester
Received 7 Dec 20072 Alexander Road, WR2 4AJ
Received 22 Jan 20101 Wych Elm Close
Received 15 Nov 2001Records 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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