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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.
28,860 approved · 3,141 refused · 2,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 York Place, Worcester
Received 10 Dec 2007Southwick Lodge, Old Road, Worcester, WR2 4BU
Received 12 Jan 201557 Foregate Street Worcester
Received 1 Dec 202036 Redcliffe Street, WR3 7AP
Received 26 Sept 2013Fort Royal Park Wylds Lane Worcester WR5 1DN
Received 7 Jul 2025Eastern primary distributor road from roundabout H (Dugdale, Drive) to roundabout E (Berkeley Way), Worcester
Received 7 Aug 19955 MEALCHEAPEN STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2DH
Received 18 Nov 20157 FOUNTAIN PLACE, WORCESTER, WR1 3HW
Received 23 Dec 201555, HIMBLETON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 6BQ
Received 12 Mar 1985Archdale 73 Club, Windermere Drive, Worcester, WR4 9HY
Received 5 Jun 2015333 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7DA
Received 1 Sept 199917, LANSDOWNE CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR 1 2JG
Received 18 Jan 198393 Ombersley Road, Worcester WR3 7BT
Received 27 Oct 20149 St Georges Square, Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 9 Jun 201557 MAYFIELD ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 8NS
Received 4 Dec 20154 Heron Close Worcester WR2 4BW
Received 4 Apr 2019Stables/Barns building adjacent St. Nicholas Church, Warndon
Received 1 Nov 19939 - 13 PUMP STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2QX
Received 21 Jun 2018Land South of Newtown Road
Received 27 Apr 2012BAXHILL, 324, TOLLADINE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 4 9NG
Received 19 Oct 1982OAKLANDS COURT, WORCESTER, WR5 2BB
Received 26 Sept 201618, CRANHAM DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 4 9PA
Received 29 Sept 19884/5 Cornmarket
Received 28 May 19986 Laxton Avenue Worcester WR2 6EJ
Received 22 May 1995Records 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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