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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29,651 approved · 3,281 refused · 2,155 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LAND AT 1 LARK HILL ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2EF
Received 17 Dec 2015Roundabout No. 31 Windermere Drive/Blackpole Road/Bilford, Road, WR4 9
Received 9 Apr 201050 Upper Tything Worcester WR1 1JY
Received 12 Jun 2002Reindeer Court Shopping Centre, Mealcheapen Street, Worcester
Received 5 Jun 1997BUILT ON LAND AT REAR OF 35 UPPER PARK STREET,7,ROSE HILL
Received 19 May 1988Various properties in Pine Way and Field Road, Worcester
Received 12 Mar 201391 Sidbury, WR1 2HU
Received 11 Sept 20145, FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 1DB
Received 20 Aug 198744-46 Tunnel Hill, Worcester WR4 9SD
Received 15 Jan 202111 Spring Bank WORCESTER WR3 8SD
Received 16 Dec 198249 Britannia Square WORCESTER WR1 3HP
Received 12 Oct 2016Ronkswood Infant & Junior School, St. Albans Close
Received 7 Sept 199530 The Ridgeway, WR5 2DA
Received 2 Aug 200699 Laugherne Road Worcester WR2 5LY
Received 4 Sept 200153, ST MARKS CLOSE, WORCESTER WR5 3DJ
Received 10 Dec 1987176A HENWICK ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 5PE
Received 24 Aug 2015145 Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5DL
Received 17 Dec 201956 Teme Road Worcester WR4 9AP
Received 4 Apr 2023Land off Springfield Road, Worcester
Received 10 Apr 198113 Heather Close Worcester WR5 3LX
Received 7 Aug 1995Backland off Nibley Close
Received 24 Jun 2011Land at Medway Road, Worcester
Received 22 Jul 1986St Marks Close Worcester
Received 8 Aug 1997Worcester Royal Infirmary (former site) Castle Street
Received 16 Apr 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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