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
35,125 approved · 4,135 refused · 2,197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Received 13 Apr 200795, SIDBURY, WORCESTER WR1 2HU
Received 16 Dec 198612, SWINTON CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 2 4HA
Received 3 Sept 197637 Albany Terrace, WR1 3DY
Received 22 Dec 2014New Filling Shed, Pheasant Street
Received 17 Nov 200912 - 14 Bath Road, Worcester WR5 3EJ
Received 25 Nov 1986Pitmaston House Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4LL
Received 27 Feb 20238 Packhorse Close Worcester Worcestershire WR2 6AG
Received 12 May 2023Warndon Primary School, Edgeworth Close
Received 20 Jan 201211 Lion Court Worcester WR1 1UT
Received 17 Mar 200411, CROWN STREET, WORCESTER WR 3 8BJ
Received 18 May 198257 FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER
Received 19 Mar 2016330 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EX
Received 2 Jul 2026244 Hylton Road Worcester WR2 5LA
Received 21 Jan 1994Unit 4, Knightsbridge Park
Received 16 Feb 2004Tredennyke House, Barbourne Terrace
Received 14 Sept 2005180,LONDON ROAD
Received 3 Dec 1976103 COMER ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5HY
Received 14 Nov 20161 Sherwood Lane, Worcester WR2 4NU
Received 20 May 1987Unit 100 Blackpole Trading Estate West WORCESTER WR3 8TJ
Received 31 Dec 197522 Bilford Road, WR3 8QA
Received 4 Apr 2008137, WINDERMERE DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 4 9JF
Received 6 Aug 197640 & 42 FIELD ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 8QS
Received 12 May 2018Caretakers House, Berkeleys Court, The Foregate, WR1 3QG
Received 8 Mar 2013Records 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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