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.
28,761 approved · 3,123 refused · 2,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heron Lodge, London Road, WR5 2EE
Received 17 Oct 2012113 Ransom Avenue Worcester WR5 3AW
Received 15 Jan 2020St Lawrence Hotel 29 Bolston Road Worcester WR5 2JE
Received 16 May 201929 Wordsworth Avenue Worcester
Received 10 Jul 2002162 Northwick Road Worcester WR3 7EG
Received 5 Jun 200118 Homestead Avenue, WR4 0DA
Received 23 Apr 200226 Barbourne Road Worcester WR1 1HT
Received 29 Jun 199839 Calgary Drive Worcester WR2 4DW
Received 22 Aug 20017 Sansome Street Worcester WR1 1UH
Received 2 Dec 1999Teme Court, Old Road, WR5 2RP
Received 11 Apr 2011Malvern Gate Bromwich Road Worcester WR2 4BN
Received 24 Feb 1987Land adj. 60 Henwick Road Worcester
Received 27 Nov 198496 Windermere Drive
Received 9 Apr 19981 Sebright Avenue, WR5 2
Received 27 Jul 201031 Bisley Close, WR4 9LF
Received 6 Jul 20101 LESLIE AVENUE, WORCESTER WR3 7DF
Received 13 Mar 2017145 Malvern Road, WR2 4LN
Received 27 Mar 2008St Pauls Church, St Pauls Street
Received 17 Jul 201411 Adelaide Close, WR3 8BD
Received 12 Jan 20121-107 (odds) Dent Close and 85-91 (odds) Wyld's Lane, WR5 1AJ
Received 29 Nov 201126 Camp Hill Road WORCESTER WR5 2HE
Received 6 Nov 2024ROSER, PARK VIEW TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR3 7AG
Received 9 May 2016Cherry Orchard Primary School, Timberdine Close, WR5 2DD
Received 26 Feb 20074 Mortlake Avenue, WR5 1QD
Received 26 Jul 2004Records 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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