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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
33,985 approved · 3,923 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jul 1976 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Nov 201913 - 17 Lowesmoor Worcester WR1 2RS
Received 21 Feb 200567-71, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR1 2ET
Received 17 Mar 1987179-181 Bath Road, Worcester WR5 3AQ
Received 19 Jul 200624-25 THE CROSS, WORCESTER WR1 3PZ
Received 7 Dec 19795 Battle Road, WR5 2BS
Received 27 May 1998NORTHWICK PARK RIDING SCHOOL,OLD NORTHWICK LANE
Received 24 Jul 19842 Crown Passage (former Laura Ashley) Worcester WR1 3LL
Received 6 Jan 20236 Hyacinth Close Worcester WR5 3RP
Received 21 Nov 200577, COLUMBIA DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 2 4EE
Received 2 Oct 19816 Quay House Lowesmoor Terrace Worcester WR1 2RX
Received 30 Sept 1999Kembla Red Hill Lane Worcester WR5 2JL
Received 24 Jul 198439 St Nicholas Street
Received 16 Mar 2004LLOYDS BANK LTD., BROMWICH LANE, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER
Received 3 Apr 19811 Arboretum Road
Received 4 Aug 1998Pitmaston House Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4LL
Received 5 Jul 2022KINGS SCHOOL, COLLEGE GREEN, WORCESTER WR 1 2LH
Received 4 Jun 1985Cherwell Close, Worcester, WR4 9BN
Received 20 Mar 2014United Reformed Church, Albany Terrace
Received 8 Jan 2002Post Office, Lion Walk, Worcester
Received 15 Aug 198040 Claverham Close, WR2 4NB
Received 5 Nov 2010Land between 174 - 178 Henwick Road, Worcester
Received 11 Feb 2004SITE 7, BLOCKHOUSE CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 1 2BJ
Received 16 Jan 19816 Britannia Square
Received 8 Dec 1994Records 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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