Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
34,984 approved · 4,107 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Colin Road, WR3 7DE
Received 3 Oct 2003403 Ombersley Road WORCESTER WR3 7DQ
Received 11 Jan 20219A RAINBOW HILL TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR3 8NG
Received 8 Nov 201617 Ashdown Close, WR2 4NP
Received 18 Dec 2006THE BUTTS, BLACKFRIARS SQUARE CAR PARKS
Received 15 Oct 1985Land at Ronkswood, Worcester
Received 24 Jun 1986County Hall Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2NP
Received 14 Feb 198661 BROAD STREET, WORCESTER WR1 3LY
Received 18 Jul 198013 TIMBERDINE AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR5 2BD
Received 25 Aug 20171, CAMDEN PLACE, WORCESTER WR1 1PS
Received 4 Jun 1976Teme Court, Old Road, Worcester WR2 4BU
Received 5 Sept 201348 Battenhall Road
Received 30 Nov 2007445 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7DQ
Received 16 Nov 202014 Seymour Avenue Worcester WR3 7LT
Received 3 Dec 202048, BROAD STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3LR
Received 7 Apr 1978Land at Croft Road/Grandstand Road/Croft Walk/The Butts, (St Clements Gate) Worcester
Received 22 Oct 199712 Blanquettes Avenue, WR3 8DA
Received 13 Jul 2012Royal Grammar School Worcester Sports Hall Little London Worcester
Received 20 Aug 19872 Quay Street, Worcester WR1 2JJ
Received 22 Jun 1999134, OMBERSLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 3 7HA
Received 19 Apr 19834 Fountain Place, WR1 3HW
Received 7 Feb 20019, FARLEY STREET, WORCESTER WR 2 6JD
Received 26 Apr 1984P J BURGERS (UNIT 11), ANGEL PLACE, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 21 Dec 19821 Northwick Road WORCESTER WR3 7DR
Received 12 Apr 2021Records 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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