Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
33,483 approved · 3,818 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 May 1977 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at rear of 57/59 Teme Road, WR4 9AW
Received 31 Jul 200046 Cormorant Rise, WR2 4BA
Received 16 Mar 1999MISTERTON, 21, PITCHCROFT LANE, WORCESTER WR 1 3JP
Received 26 Apr 198411 Canterbury Road Worcester WR5 1NQ
Received 14 May 201942 Powderham Avenue, WR4 0DN
Received 24 Oct 2003Moor Street Clinic 7 Moor Street Worcester WR1 3DB
Received 3 Sept 202026, SEVERN TERRACE, WORCESTER WR 1 3EH
Received 15 May 198135 Lowesmoor, Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 9 May 2001Pig And Drum 53 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 18 Feb 199375 Monarch Drive, Worcester WR2 6ES
Received 14 Feb 201235-36 HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR1 2QL
Received 4 Nov 1977Unit 1B, Bromwich Road Industrial Estate, Worcester WR2 4AY
Received 10 Aug 199322, THE SHAMBLES, WORCESTER WR 1 2RA
Received 15 Feb 1983Droitwich Road WORCESTER WR3 7LJ
Received 28 Feb 20235 Westonbirt Close WORCESTER WR5 3RX
Received 29 Apr 2013178 Medway Road Worcester WR5 1LL
Received 11 Oct 1999Four Seasons 74 Battenhall Avenue Worcester
Received 7 Nov 2005CURRYS SUPERSTORE HYLTON ROAD
Received 9 Jan 1992SITE 5, HYLTON ROAD TRADING ESTATE, HYLTON ROAD, WORCESTER W
Received 19 Apr 198335 Chelmsford Drive Worcester WR5 1QX
Received 29 Mar 199553 Battenhall Avenue, WR5 2HN
Received 14 Apr 2003Worcester Golf And Country Club Bransford Road Worcester WR2 4EZ
Received 7 Jul 2026Land adjoining 3 Comer Gardens
Received 29 Jun 2004398 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7DH
Received 2 Mar 2001Records 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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