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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
29,986 approved · 3,316 refused · 2,156 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
St Marys Court Sansome Walk Worcester
Received 26 Sept 2012Castlecroft Kettleby LV3 Warndon Worcester
Received 17 Dec 1993206 Bilford Road, WR3 8HL
Received 30 Jun 2010St Helens School House, Fish Street, WR1 2HN
Received 8 Jul 20099 Green Lane Bevere Worcester WR3 7QG
Received 5 Sept 2025Roundabout at Wainwright Road, Brindley Road Worcester
Received 12 Nov 2021289, BATH ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 3AT
Received 7 May 198627 Whitewood Close, Worcester WR5 2LW
Received 18 Apr 19973 Barbourne Road Worcester WR1 1RS
Received 13 Apr 2023Warndon Primary School Edgeworth Close Worcester WR4 9PE
Received 5 Aug 20134 Blair Close, WR4 0EG
Received 22 May 2003Dowty Meco Ltd., Bromyard Road, Worcester
Received 1 Oct 19877 FIELD CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR3 8QU
Received 8 Nov 201716 Lea Close Worcester WR3 7PR
Received 5 Jul 19937 Barbourne Terrace Worcester WR1 3JS
Received 5 Feb 202417 Tamar Close Worcester WR5 1NE
Received 24 Jul 1984323, TOLLADINE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 4 9BB
Received 20 Mar 1981Flats 83 Tunnel Hill Worcester
Received 22 Sept 2017Sainsbury's Distribution Centre Shire Park Wainwright Road WORCESTER
Received 1 Jun 201638 Northwick Close Worcester WR3 7EF
Received 5 Oct 201988 Grasshopper Avenue Worcester WR5 3TB
Received 2 Dec 2025Warndon Community Centre Shap Drive Worcester WR4 9NX
Received 22 Dec 1999REDHILL SOCIAL CLUB, 50, FOXWELL STREET, WORCESTER WR 5
Received 3 Sept 1985Bowlxtreme Ltd, Droitwich Road
Received 14 Sept 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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