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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33,802 approved · 3,880 refused · 2,197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Britannia Square, WR1 3DG
Received 24 Feb 200436 Margaret Road WORCESTER WR2 4LR
Received 3 Oct 2017Northwick Cinema, Ombersley Road, Worcester
Received 3 Apr 1987Flat 61 Sidbury Worcester WR1 2HU
Received 4 Jun 2026PUBLIC CONVENIENCES, QUAY STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2JJ
Received 9 Jan 198795 Medway Road Worcester WR5 1SA
Received 13 Mar 2007United Reformed Church, Angel Place, Worcester
Received 17 Oct 1980LANGDALE DRIVE, WORCESTER
Received 14 Jan 201614 Lismore Green, WR5 3UE
Received 5 May 200572, HOLLY MOUNT, WORCESTER WR4 9SF
Received 20 Apr 197928 The Cross, WR1 3PZ
Received 28 Sept 2011Roundabout at Woodgreen Drive, Berkeley Way, Cotswold Way, Worcester
Received 8 Nov 2021Outside 51 Bromwich Road WORCESTER WR2 4AD
Received 11 Apr 201120 Himbleton House, Himbleton Road, WR2 6HS
Received 27 Mar 20014 Packhorse Close, WR2 6AG
Received 28 Jul 199759-60 HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR1 2QA
Received 15 Jul 197719 Tower Road Worcester Worcestershire WR3 7AF
Received 27 Jul 2023Land at Nunnery Lane, Worcester
Received 4 Nov 1977Farrell House Orchard Street Worcester WR5 3DW
Received 30 Mar 202214 Hyacinth Close Worcester WR5 3RP
Received 5 May 2004Astwood House, Astwood Road, Worcester, WR3 8HD
Received 20 Apr 2015The Apple House, Heron Lodge, London Road, WR5 2EE
Received 19 Aug 2002Christopher Whitehead Language College And Sixth Form Bromwich Road Worcester WR2 4AF
Received 17 Jun 202582, SOMERS ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 3JJ
Received 15 May 1984Records 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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