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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
34,785 approved · 4,075 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Laugherne Road, St Johns, WR2 5LR
Received 7 Mar 2008LAND AT CRANHAM DRIVE, CRANHAM DRIVE, WORCESTER
Received 15 Jun 2018The Kings School, 30 Severn Street, Worcester
Received 30 Apr 1997Land to the rear of 9-15 Troutbeck Drive, WR4 9DB
Received 22 Feb 20105 Penbury Street WORCESTER WR3 7JD
Received 23 Feb 202220 Kirkstone Drive Worcester WR4 9BS
Received 12 Jan 199818 Lavender Road Worcester WR3 7AE
Received 22 Jun 2026Royal Grammar School Worcester Upper Tything WORCESTER WR1 1HP
Received 15 Oct 201471 Humber Road Worcester WR5 1LQ
Received 22 Aug 2022220 Canterbury Road WORCESTER WR5 1PG
Received 22 Feb 2022Worcestershire Royal Hospital Charles Hastings Way WORCESTER WR5 1DD
Received 5 Jul 2017The Pump House, Waterworks Road, WR1 3EZ
Received 1 Oct 2003127 LANSDOWNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 8JW
Received 16 Nov 1979WEST MIDLANDS ARMS,4,LOWESMOOR PLACE
Received 15 Aug 198037 ELM GREEN CLOSE, WORCESTER WR5 3HD
Received 3 Sept 1985Land adjoining 112 Ombersley Road
Received 5 Jul 199567 PARK AVENUE, WORCESTER WR3 7AJ
Received 21 Mar 198031 SOMERS ROAD, WORCESTER, WR1 3JJ
Received 31 Jul 2017FORMER FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, SANSOME PLACE, WORCESTER
Received 1 May 19813, CHARLES STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2AQ
Received 20 May 1987Nunnery Park Service Station Hornhill Road Worcester WR4 0SX
Received 1 Dec 2023Pavement opposite No.6 Bilford Road
Received 20 Feb 2001197, HENWICK ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5PG
Received 20 Jun 19754 Huxtable Rise, Worcester WR4 0NX
Received 10 Jun 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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