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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
34,918 approved · 4,094 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Mar 1975 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
City Wells House, Worcester, WR1 2HZ
Received 15 Sept 199758 Kilbury Drive, Worcester WR5 2NG
Received 25 Oct 200689, PENHILL CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR 2 5PU
Received 3 Sept 1985Mountain Warehouse, 66 Broad Street, Worcester, WR1 3LY
Received 26 Feb 2015Lychgate Shopping Centre
Received 8 Jul 19949, THE SHAMBLES, WORCESTER WR1 2RF
Received 6 Nov 1984Land at The Cedars,224 Henwick Road
Received 24 Dec 199224B Barbourne Road Worcester WR1 1HT
Received 18 Jul 200657 Foregate Street Worcester
Received 22 Mar 2019316 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7HD
Received 19 Nov 19874A Tolladine Terrace Tolladine Road WORCESTER WR4 9NW
Received 19 Nov 20249,OLD NORTHWICK LANE
Received 23 Apr 1976Worcester Cathedral, College Yard, WR1 2LA
Received 18 Mar 2010PLAY AREA ADJ GARAGES,LINGMELL COURT
Received 11 Jun 1992Pavement outside of 47 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LR
Received 20 Dec 2024The Raven Public House, Droitwich Road
Received 7 Oct 199410, BEECH AVENUE NORTH, WORCESTER WR 3 8PX
Received 5 Nov 197638-40 St Johns Worcester WR2 5AJ
Received 30 Sept 19933, BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER WR 1 3DG
Received 16 Oct 1981UNIT E, ELGAR RETAIL PARK, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 3 8H
Received 18 Aug 1988Royal Worcester Porcelain Site, Severn Street
Received 6 Feb 200843 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LR
Received 25 Nov 2020Land opposite 38 Lark Hill
Received 17 Oct 20039 York Place Worcester WR1 3DR
Received 2 Apr 2007Records 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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