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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
35,107 approved · 4,133 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Oct 1974 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land to the side of 2 Shrubbery Avenue, WR1 1QH
Received 11 Mar 200814 Aldersey Close
Received 22 Feb 1994164 London Road Worcester WR5 2EJ
Received 25 Mar 1997G.U.S Transport Ltd., Kay and Co. Ltd., Bromyard Road, Worcester
Received 16 Dec 1977387 OMBERSLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 7DA
Received 19 Apr 1983GARAGES AT CHEDWORTH DRIVE/SNOWSHILL CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR4 9PR
Received 19 Jan 2017SITE 14, HYLTON ROAD TRADING ESTATE, HYLTON ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 2 Feb 1979118 Bath Road, Worcester WR5 3EP
Received 9 Jun 200681 WINDERMERE DRIVE, WORCESTER, WR4 9JG
Received 24 Oct 20181 London Road
Received 29 Jan 200195 Spetchley Road, WR5 2LS
Received 25 Sept 200876, PENHILL CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR 2 5PX
Received 3 Mar 1978Land to side of 2 Shrubbery Avenue, WR1 1QH
Received 25 Oct 2005SITE 10 (UNIT 8), GREGORYS MILL STREET, WORCESTER WR 3 8AW
Received 2 Mar 1979Tesco Superstore, Warndon District Centre
Received 8 Mar 1994Unit 6 Lowesmoor Wharf, Worcester
Received 12 Oct 199216 Glenthorne Avenue Worcester WR4 9TS
Received 5 Jul 2022The Alice Ottley School, Britannia House, Upper Tything
Received 5 Jul 2007Cedars Lodge 222 Henwick Road Worcester WR2 5PF
Received 27 Nov 201925 St. Georges Square, WR1 1HX
Received 20 Mar 2014School of Art and Design, Barbourne Road, Worcester, WR1 1RT
Received 16 Jun 2015The Lodge, No 16 Norton Road
Received 5 Jul 200038/40 Newtown Road
Received 26 Jul 2013Rear of 11-33 & 2-24 Nibley Close, WR4 9LP
Received 11 Apr 2011Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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