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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
33,802 approved · 3,880 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 1976 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 11 Sept 200717 Chepstow Avenue, Warndon
Received 22 Mar 19936 Barbourne Court Barbourne Crescent Worcester Worcestershire WR1 3LJ
Received 6 Feb 202348, BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR1 1HU
Received 7 Aug 1981THE WILDERNESS, HALLOW ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 6BU
Received 31 Aug 2016Land at Perdiswell fronting Droitwich Road, Worcester
Received 14 May 1999Unit 86 Blackpole Trading Estate
Received 1 Dec 199530 Severn Terrace WORCESTER WR1 3EH
Received 19 Nov 1992KINGS SCHOOL, COLLEGE GREEN, WORCESTER WR 1 2LH
Received 17 Nov 19782 Loves Grove, WR1 3BU
Received 13 May 201422 Foregate Street
Received 21 Aug 200012 Wyatts Mews Union Street WORCESTER WR1 2AS
Received 8 Oct 19928 and remainder of 10 & 12 The Butts, Worcester
Received 8 Nov 199348, THE TYTHING, WORCESTER WR 1 1JT
Received 18 Jun 19875 Norton Road Worcester WR5 3BB
Received 5 Jun 1984Land at Goodrest Walk, Rainbow Hill, Worcester
Received 8 Jun 200726, WINCHCOMBE DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 4 9XA
Received 19 Apr 1983SITE 12, 1, CARDEN STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 15 Feb 1983BASKERVILLE HOUSE, 24 SHRUBBERY AVENUE, WORCESTER
Received 9 Feb 2016The Kings School, Hostel House, 5 College Green, WR1 5LL
Received 14 Feb 201310 Goodrich Avenue, WR4 0QZ
Received 20 Sept 20047 BARBEL CRESCENT, WORCESTER, WR5 3QU
Received 7 Dec 201628 SOUTHALL AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR3 7LS
Received 1 Dec 2017Records 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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