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
29,538 approved · 3,258 refused · 2,154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Cathedral Plaza Shopping Centre High Street Worcester
Received 19 Jan 200418 Boughton Avenue Worcester WR2 5EW
Received 13 Feb 20086,LINK ELM CLOSE
Received 18 Feb 1988104 Bransford Road, St Johns, Worcester, WR2 4EP
Received 14 Nov 200719 The Foregate WORCESTER WR1 3QF
Received 18 Aug 202175 Checketts Lane
Received 27 Apr 2001UNIT 4, LOWESMOOR WHARF, WORCESTER WR1 2RS
Received 6 Nov 1984Land to the rear of The Glen Waverley Street Worcester WR5 3DH
Received 3 Sept 2019330 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EX
Received 23 Dec 20254 Lobelia Close WORCESTER WR5 3RR
Received 9 Dec 2022Holmer House, 26 London Road, WR5 2DL
Received 30 Nov 201041-43, BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 1SA
Received 10 Jun 1988145, BROMYARD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5DL
Received 31 Jan 1984Cosy Club, Unit 3, Cathedral Square, Worcester, WR1 2BY
Received 14 Jun 2017Chapel Walk, Crowngate Shopping Centre, Worcester
Received 10 Mar 2008Unit C6 & C7 Chapel Walk Worcester
Received 4 Aug 201113 Heath Drive Worcester WR5 3TD
Received 9 Mar 202319 New Street
Received 14 Jun 2002Faithful Overalls Premises, Northwick Road, Worcester
Received 27 May 20058 BATTENHALL ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2BH
Received 26 Jun 2018Unit 7 Shrub Hill Retail Park George Street Worcester WR1 2DD
Received 23 Aug 2002PITMASTON PRIMARY SCHOOL, MALVERN ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 4ZF
Received 8 Sept 19889-10 BRIDGE STREET, WORCESTER WR1 3NJ
Received 13 Aug 198538 THE TYTHING, WORCESTER WR1 1JL
Received 13 Aug 1985Records 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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