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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
32,785 approved · 3,708 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Apr 1978 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
130 Windermere Drive Worcester WR4 9JD
Received 14 Jul 2004SLUG & LETTUCE, 12, CORNMARKET, WORCESTER
Received 11 Nov 1987Three Pears, Wainwright Road, WR4 9FA
Received 20 Oct 20042, UNION PLACE, WORCESTER WR 3 7DX
Received 15 Feb 1983The Hollies 5 Barbourne Terrace WORCESTER WR1 3JS
Received 9 Mar 20204 Silverdale Avenue
Received 5 Oct 1992WORCESTER RACECOURSE, PITCHCROFT, WORCESTER WR1 3AQ
Received 2 Sept 1986Unit 6, Shrub Hill Retail Park, Worcester
Received 16 Sept 2014Unit 20 Canalside Office Complex Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 3 Dec 2019138 Astwood Road Worcester WR3 8EZ
Received 4 Jan 2008The Kindergarten, 37 Lechmere Crescent, WR2 6EE
Received 6 Dec 201319 and 21 Mortlake Avenue, WR5 1QD
Received 1 Jul 2008155 Northwick Road, Worcester WR3 7EQ
Received 20 Feb 1997VIRGINIA HOUSE, THE BUTTS, WORCESTER WR1 3PA
Received 7 Jul 198833 Pinkett Street
Received 6 Feb 2006NORTHWICK SERVICE STATION, OMBERSLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 3 7B
Received 6 Mar 198168 Martley Road Worcester WR2 6HH
Received 2 May 20231 Cranham Drive Worcester WR4 9JT
Received 3 Dec 19991 BROAD STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 3LH
Received 27 Apr 2018Kangaroo Bar, Unit 15, 15A Reindeer Court
Received 4 Nov 199834 Georgina Avenue WORCESTER WR2 4NA
Received 15 Jun 201528 Comer Gardens Worcester WR2 6JH
Received 24 Dec 19982nd Floor, 21-24 New Street
Received 3 Mar 200429 Friar Street, Worcester
Received 30 Jul 1997Records 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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