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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
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
29,511 approved · 3,255 refused · 2,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Barbourne Inn, New Bank Street, WR3 8AN
Received 9 Oct 20145 Angel Street, WR1 3QT
Received 7 Feb 2007The Haven Droitwich Road Worcester WR3 7SW
Received 20 Dec 20194 Stephenson Terrace Worcester WR1 3EA
Received 8 Oct 202031, WAVERLEY STREET, WORCESTER WR 5 3DH
Received 25 Sept 198496 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7EY
Received 24 Dec 200431 Coombs Road
Received 12 Jun 2006The Kings Head P.H, 67 Sidbury
Received 21 Dec 200719 Middle Street Worcester Worcestershire WR1 1NQ
Received 20 Mar 202330 Meadow Road Worcester WR3 7PP
Received 8 Jun 202646, SPETCHLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 1NH
Received 8 Jun 198722 MARSH AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR4 0HJ
Received 4 Oct 2017217, TOLLADINE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 4 9AT
Received 23 Sept 198658 Sanctuary Close Worcester WR2 5PY
Received 6 Nov 200112 Arden Road, WR5 3BD
Received 1 Feb 201040 The Tything, Worcester WR1 1JL
Received 22 Aug 20084, ST NICHOLAS STREET, WORCESTER
Received 5 Jun 198467 ST MARKS CLOSE WORCESTER
Received 21 Dec 19826 Deal Crescent Worcester WR4 0LJ
Received 12 May 2025Dines Green Neighbourhood Offices, 39a Gresham Road
Received 13 Jan 200438, DEVON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 1QQ
Received 15 Mar 1983REDHILL SOCIAL CLUB, 50, FOXWELL STREET, WORCESTER WR 5
Received 24 Jul 198420 Green Lane Bevere Worcester WR3 7QQ
Received 5 May 2026Land adjacent to 15 Wheatfield Avenue
Received 8 Jan 2009Records 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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