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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
30,702 approved · 3,418 refused · 2,157 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Sept 1979 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24, BLACKFRIARS SQUARE, WORCESTER WR 1 3NG
Received 21 Sept 198267 Woodstock Road, Worcester WR2 5ND
Received 31 Aug 201092 BROADWAY GROVE, WORCESTER WR2 5EY
Received 18 Nov 2015Merrivale House Deansway Worcester WR1 2EG
Received 27 Aug 202421 PATTERDALE DRIVE, WORCESTER WR4 9HR
Received 14 Aug 1984Land at Swanpool Walk & Christopher Whitehead School, WR2 5AG
Received 22 Sept 2008H. W. Ward and Co., Bilford Road, Blackpole, Worcester
Received 21 Sept 19793 Hayling Close, Worcester, WR5 3UQ
Received 3 Oct 2014Blackpole Retail Park Blackpole Road Worcester WR3 8PQ
Received 12 Nov 202525-30 SANSOME PLACE, WORCESTER
Received 20 Mar 1981Land to the North of Newtown Road, Worcester
Received 18 May 20172 St Nicholas Street Worcester WR1 1UW
Received 26 Apr 1999MEDITERRANEAN FISH RESTAURANT, 31, BROAD STREET, WORCESTER W
Received 13 Jan 1987University Of Worcester Henwick Grove Worcester
Received 12 May 1998Stephenson Road corner of Barbourne Crescent
Received 6 Jul 19996a Shaw Street
Received 8 Jan 1999Highwinds 52 Silverdale Avenue Worcester WR5 1PX
Received 24 Dec 2013152A Northwick Road Worcester WR3 7EG
Received 21 Mar 2025Unit C1 Crowngate Shopping Centre Friary Walk Worcester
Received 19 Nov 199217 Farrier Street
Received 14 Feb 199625 Elbury Park Road, WR4 9BG
Received 30 Mar 2005Land to side of 2 Shrubbery Avenue, WR1 1QH
Received 18 Jan 200611 The Tything Worcester WR1 1HD
Received 27 Jan 19979 TIVERTON CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR4 0EH
Received 22 Jul 2016Records 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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