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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
29,729 approved · 3,285 refused · 2,156 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Dec 1980 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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47, GRESHAM ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5QR
Received 27 Nov 1984Regency High School Carnforth Drive WORCESTER WR4 9JL
Received 12 Aug 2024Land adjacent Southlea, Red Hill Lane
Received 14 Nov 199589 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3AE
Received 22 Sept 2020The Old Palace, Deansway, WR1 2JE
Received 19 Aug 2010Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate,16-20 Deansway, WR1 3LD
Received 2 Jul 2001Mercedes Benz, Hindlip Lane, Worcester WR3 8SB
Received 1 Sept 2005Mount Battenhall, Battenhall Avenue, Worcester
Received 7 Nov 2024UNIT 2, BRANSFORD ROAD TRADING ESTATE, BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 31 Mar 1993366 Astwood Road, WR3 8HF
Received 25 Oct 199917 Woodstock Road Worcester WR2 5ND
Received 19 Sept 202557 Foregate Street Worcester WR1 1DX
Received 27 May 202557, SIDBURY, WORCESTER WR1 2HU
Received 20 Jul 1982Priors Copse, 55 Northwick Close, WR3 7EF
Received 11 Jun 2012Rear of 29 Broad Street, WR1 3LZ
Received 9 Sept 2013SOUTHWICK LODGE, OLD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4BU
Received 27 Mar 201736 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3NH
Received 16 Oct 1998The Chantry 2 Camp Hill Road Worcester
Received 29 Apr 200315 Aconbury Close Worcester WR5 1JD
Received 15 Jul 201948, THE TYTHING, WORCESTER WR 1 1JT
Received 14 Oct 198618 Newtown Road Worcester WR5 1HF
Received 14 Mar 2024Former Sorting Office, Sansome Walk, Worcester
Received 22 Sept 1994BERWICK ARMS, 250 BATH ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 3ER
Received 2 Feb 2016238 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3ER
Received 22 Oct 2007Records 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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