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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
29,651 approved · 3,281 refused · 2,155 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Jan 1981 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 & 11 Stephenson Terrace
Received 28 Oct 1996Tudor Grange Academy, Bilford Road, WR3 8HN
Received 1 Jun 2011The Nook, Battenhall Avenue, Worcester WR5 2HW
Received 20 Aug 202016 Lansdowne Crescent WORCESTER WR3 8JE
Received 27 Jul 202139 NORTHWICK AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR3 7AS
Received 11 Dec 201714, HANBURY AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 2 4JW
Received 23 Jul 1985Ravenmeadow Golf Club Hindlip Lane Worcester WR3 8SA
Received 7 Oct 20263 Turnpike Close, Oldbury Road
Received 30 Sept 1993166 Bromyard Road
Received 7 Sept 1993LAND AND BUILDINGS AT, GREGORYS BANK, WORCESTER
Received 15 May 1984Pavement opposite 149 Northwick Road
Received 20 Feb 2001Sunnyside School, Barbourne Terrace, WR1 3JR
Received 3 Oct 2002The Old Stables, 12b College Green
Received 17 Feb 201124 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DH
Received 12 Aug 2025Thorneloe Place, Thorneloe Walk, Worcester WR1 3JY
Received 1 Nov 2009Kays Sports Ground, Bransford Road
Received 24 Jan 1994Roundabout at Claines Lane Worcester WR3 7RH
Received 8 Nov 20214 NEWPORT STREET WORCESTER
Received 15 Oct 198542 Britannia Square
Received 8 Jun 2001Wickens Engineering Ltd, Wainwright Road, WR4 9FA
Received 11 Aug 200517 Pitt Avenue Worcester WR4 0PL
Received 22 Apr 200211 - 11A LOWESMOOR, WORCESTER, WR1 2RS
Received 7 Dec 201537 Carlisle Road, WR5 1HZ
Received 8 Aug 2008Land at Southfield Street, Worcester
Received 12 Feb 2014Records 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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