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.
29,132 approved · 3,178 refused · 2,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Farm Close, Worcester, WR3 8HJ
Received 10 Dec 20075A Chestnut Walk, WR1 1PP
Received 12 Apr 2011Gheluvelt Mews Off Waterworks Road Worcester
Received 4 Jun 200940 NORTHWICK AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR3 7AS
Received 27 Jul 201814-24, The Butts, Worcester
Received 16 Jan 200276 Kingston Avenue, Worcester WR3 8PP
Received 13 Mar 1998112-118 AND 155-161 ROSE AVENUE AND LAND ADJOINING, ROSE AVENUE, TOLLADINE, WORCESTER
Received 4 Dec 20203, FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 1DB
Received 21 Jun 198324 Thorntons, Lychgate, Worcester
Received 23 Jul 1985Unit L Blackpole Trading Estate East, Blackpole Road, Worcester
Received 15 Aug 2001Worcester Cathedral College Yard Worcester Worcestershire WR1 2LA
Received 12 Jan 2023WOODGREEN COTTAGE, 1 TROTSHILL LANE EAST, WORCESTER WR4 0HX
Received 3 Jul 20184 Columbia Drive, Worcester WR2 4DE
Received 12 Mar 2013Roundabout at Grange Way, Dugdale Drive, Trotshill Way, Worcester WR4 0SY
Received 8 Nov 202116 Queenswood Drive, WR5 3SZ
Received 9 Jun 200538, YORK PLACE, WORCESTER WR 1 3DS
Received 2 Jul 19854 Harrington Road, WR2 5HB
Received 2 Jun 200319 SWINTON LANE, WORCESTER WR2 4JP
Received 25 May 20171 Blackpole Road, WR4 9ST
Received 2 Feb 199949 Spetchley Road, WR5 2LR
Received 16 Apr 2012Cathedral Service Station, Bromwich Road, Worcester
Received 20 Feb 199755 SIDBURY, WORCESTER, WR1 2HU
Received 18 Oct 201820, HARRINGTON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5HD
Received 27 Sept 1983Adjoining towpath, 5 King Stephen's Mount, WR2 5PL
Received 9 Oct 1998Records 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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