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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
33,527 approved · 3,835 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sunset View, 108 Northwick Road, Worcester WR3 7EA
Received 2 Mar 201525, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER WR2 5AG
Received 18 Feb 19883 The Cross Worcester WR1 3PZ
Received 2 Aug 199428, ELIZABETH AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 3 7HJ
Received 15 Feb 19831, BLENHEIM ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5NQ
Received 17 Aug 197946 The Tything Worcester WR1 1JT
Received 21 Jan 19976, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER WR2 5AH
Received 23 Jul 198512 Bowood Lane Worcester WR5 3UT
Received 31 Oct 2007LAND REAR OF, 67, MARTLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 6HH
Received 17 Oct 198023 ST MICHAELS ROAD, WORCESTER, WR3 7PD
Received 12 Dec 2018Toyota Cowie, Bromyard Road
Received 1 Aug 1997176 Bath Road WORCESTER WR5 3ER
Received 18 Apr 202211-12 ST SWITHINS STREET WORCESTER
Received 1 Jul 1986Mann Egerton, Castle Street, Worcester
Received 4 Jun 1985St Stephens Petrol Filling Station 46-48 Droitwich Road Worcester
Received 3 Mar 20085 MARGARET ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 4LX
Received 11 Jul 2017Block 11, Princes Drive, Worcester, WR1 2PG
Received 28 Jun 201625 Bromyard Road, WR2 5BZ
Received 18 Aug 200912 Meadow Road Worcester WR3 7PP
Received 11 Jan 20229 Fowler Avenue, WR4 0LU
Received 3 Dec 20048 College Yard, Worcester WR1 2LA
Received 21 Mar 2013OLD ASSEMBLY ROOMS, 1A, SHAW STREET, WORCESTER
Received 20 Oct 1978Snax 24, Bath Road, WR5 3ES
Received 25 Jan 20021A and 1B St Johns Worcester WR2 5AE
Received 3 Jul 2003Records 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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