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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.
29,052 approved · 3,172 refused · 2,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Nov 1981 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 York Place Worcester WR1 3DS
Received 31 Aug 19953 Pinkett Street, Worcester WR3 7EB
Received 28 Sept 200512 Corn Market (formerly Slug & Jug), Worcester
Received 19 Dec 2005Bybrook Cottage 19 Henry Street Worcester WR1 1RB
Received 12 Aug 202615 Ogilvy Square Worcester WR3 7LU
Received 4 Mar 202591 Cornmeadow Lane, Worcester WR3 7PL
Received 22 Oct 200112 Lodge Close Worcester WR2 6JL
Received 18 Jul 200765 Glenthorne Avenue Worcester WR4 9TT
Received 3 Mar 2025Highfield, Battenhall Avenue, WR5 2HW
Received 8 Mar 2005Enterprise House, Infirmary Walk
Received 17 Feb 20109 Pickering Green WORCESTER WR4 0LB
Received 16 Mar 202178 London Road Worcester WR5 2DY
Received 18 Jan 1995The Alice Ottley School, Britannia House, Upper Tything
Received 26 Jul 1994Northmeadow House, Northwick Close, Worcester
Received 27 Sept 1999UNIT E, ELGAR RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 8HP
Received 30 Nov 201810, BLANQUETTES STREET, WORCESTER WR 3 8BN
Received 8 Dec 198733 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 16 Sept 2002Unity House, Stanley Road, Worcester
Received 12 Oct 199425, CALGARY DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 2 4DW
Received 29 Nov 198369 Battenhall Avenue, WR5 2HN
Received 15 Jan 2013The Old Schoolhouse, 11 Edgar Street, Worcester WR1 2LR
Received 4 Aug 200826 London Road, WR5 2DL
Received 23 Jan 2002Tybridge House, 52 Tybridge Street
Received 24 Dec 19991 Powick Mills Old Road Worcester WR2 4BU
Received 28 Apr 2021Records 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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