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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
32,451 approved · 3,673 refused · 2,192 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jun 1978 to 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 16 Jun 1988Sunnyside 15 Barbourne Terrace Worcester WR1 3JR
Received 14 Oct 20198 LANSDOWNE CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR3 8JE
Received 23 Feb 2017Rybrook Ltd, Knightsbridge Park, Wainwright Road, Worcester, WR4 9FA
Received 21 Nov 2014Lock Keepers Cottage Basin Road WORCESTER WR5 3DA
Received 3 Feb 201498 AVON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR4 9AH
Received 1 Sept 2016SITE 2, FARRIER STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3BH
Received 12 Mar 1985Alma Public House, 35 Mill Street Worcester WR1 2NH
Received 5 Jun 2007Unity House Stanley Road Worcester WR5 1BE
Received 10 Aug 201822 Ronkswood Crescent Worcester
Received 23 Nov 200925 Elbury Park Road, WR4 9BG
Received 8 Jun 201181 Windermere Drive, WR4 9JG
Received 3 Sept 2014GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, WHITTINGTON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2SU
Received 1 Dec 20163 Nunnery Lane Worcester WR5 1RG
Received 6 Apr 199810 SEYMOUR AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR3 7LT
Received 21 Apr 2017Link Elm, Malvern Road, Worcester
Received 5 Sept 198043 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DN
Received 4 Dec 20237 Andrew Close Worcester WR2 6JQ
Received 15 Jan 2001180 Wylds Lane WORCESTER WR5 1DN
Received 18 Apr 201692 Monarch Drive, WR2 6ES
Received 9 May 20127, CHAMBERLAIN ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4PP
Received 27 Apr 1987Unit 9, Three Springs House, Three Springs Trading Estate
Received 19 Mar 2012SITE 2, FARRIER STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3BH
Received 4 Jul 1980Records 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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