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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Worcester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Worcester website
29,296 approved · 3,224 refused · 2,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Milton Close, WR3 8EE
Received 5 Feb 2004Leos, 8-12 St Johns
Received 14 Feb 199539 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DN
Received 6 Apr 202038, FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER WR1 1EE
Received 3 Feb 198721 Middle Road Worcester WR2 4HT
Received 6 May 1994Marks & Spencer Plc, 39 High Street, Worcester
Received 15 Feb 1994Worcester Golf & Country Club, Boughton Park, Bransford Road, Worcester
Received 12 Jan 1995Former Wadham Stringer Garage, 68-76 Barbourne Road, Worcester
Received 2 Jun 1995Land off Broomhall Way, Worcester
Received 26 Aug 20228 Pinkus Close
Received 15 Nov 2001UNIT 3 AND 4 CATHEDRAL SQUARE 6 HIGH STREET WORCESTER
Received 10 Aug 20177 Cranham Drive
Received 7 Aug 199845 Lichfield Avenue Worcester WR5 1PQ
Received 6 Jun 2003Land at Thorneloe Walk, Worcester
Received 17 Dec 19874 Sheringham Road Worcester WR5 3RA
Received 18 Apr 1994INDUSTRIAL PREMISES AT WOODSIDE, PERRY WOOD WALK, WORCESTER
Received 20 May 1986Worcester Golf And Country Club Bransford Road Worcester WR2 4EZ
Received 1 Oct 2025ST PAULS HOSTEL TALLOW HILL, HILLBOROUGH
Received 1 May 19861-71 (odds) Randwick Drive, Worcester
Received 19 Jun 2012GARDEN COTTAGE, 10 LANSDOWNE CRESCENT, WORCESTER, WR3 8JE
Received 18 Jan 201814 Green Hill London Road Worcester WR5 2AA
Received 7 May 202630 Chestnut Walk
Received 12 Nov 199797 Sidbury
Received 25 Mar 20082 St Catherines Hill Worcester WR5 2EA
Received 20 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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