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.
28,928 approved · 3,145 refused · 2,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Beckett Drive Worcester WR3 7BZ
Received 15 May 2023Worcestershire Royal Hospital Charles Hastings Way Worcester
Received 8 Jul 20197 COPENHAGEN STREET, WORCESTER WR1 2HB
Received 16 Nov 1982Worcester Youth Centre, Spring Gardens, WR1 2AE
Received 19 Apr 2012PROSPECT HOUSE, SHERWOOD LANE, WORCESTER, WR2 4NX
Received 15 Sept 20177 Edgar Street Worcester WR1 2LR
Received 29 Oct 2001106 Comer Road, WR2 5HY
Received 29 Jan 201419 The Foregate, WR1 3QF
Received 22 Nov 200416 Bomford Hill, Worcester WR4 0PW
Received 6 Jan 201169 Meadowbank Drive, WR2 5UB
Received 15 May 2009Lock House, Basin Road, WR5 3DA
Received 20 Jun 2014Land adj 99 St Georges Lane North Worcester WR1 1QS
Received 13 Feb 2019Claines Club And Sports Ground Claines Lane Claines Worcester
Received 16 Jan 202023 SILVERDALE AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR5 1PY
Received 17 Dec 201816 Townsend Street Worcester WR1 3JQ
Received 5 Oct 2023Eagle Place Pheasant Street Worcester
Received 25 Sept 2000Diabetic Centre, Newtown Road, WR5 1HN
Received 27 Dec 200144 Keswick Drive, WR4 9DS
Received 24 May 2012Lampost near Horn & Trumpet PH, Angel Street, WR1 3QT
Received 24 Nov 1999214 Bilford Road, WR3 8HW
Received 14 Apr 20032 SYCAMORE ROAD, WORCESTER WR4 9RS
Received 12 Feb 198723 The Ridgeway Worcester WR5 2DA
Received 22 Jul 201920 Worboys Road, Worcester WR2 4JJ
Received 9 May 2002195 Henwick Road, WR2 5PG
Received 27 Jun 2011Records 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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