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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
35,125 approved · 4,135 refused · 2,197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
87 LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2DZ
Received 5 Jun 20175 Norton Close, Worcester WR5 3EY
Received 15 Apr 1998Kays Ltd, Bransford Road, Worcester
Received 8 Feb 200174 London Road Worcester WR5 2DY
Received 1 Aug 19809 The Shambles Worcester WR1 2RF
Received 27 Apr 199310 Rainbow Hill Terrace Worcester WR3 8NG
Received 1 Apr 201964, FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 1DX
Received 4 Feb 197779 Langdale Drive, Worcester WR4 9DR
Received 23 Nov 2009Land adjacent to 2 Sanctuary Close, Worcester WR2 5PY
Received 3 Jun 2014Land to the north of The Butts, WR1 3PA
Received 11 Sept 200914 Joiners Close Worcester
Received 23 Mar 200614 Carden Street, Worcester WR1 2AT
Received 9 Jan 199227, CORMORANT RISE, WORCESTER WR 2 4BA
Received 3 Oct 1980Northwick Grange 19 Old Northwick Lane Worcester WR3 7NB
Received 29 Sept 1988Flat Above 15 St Swithins Street WORCESTER WR1 2PS
Received 15 Jun 2022Unit D, Lychgate Shopping Centre, 11 High Street
Received 2 Sept 2004Worcestershire Royal Hospital Charles Hastings Way WORCESTER WR5 1DD
Received 28 Sept 20121st floor flat, 12 East Street, WR1 1NF
Received 22 Sept 19997-8 THE SHAMBLES, WORCESTER WR1 2RF
Received 5 May 197836 The Tything WORCESTER WR1 1JL
Received 27 Jun 2016Unit 7, Three Springs Trading Estate, Vincent Road
Received 17 Oct 200351 FOXWELL STREET, WORCESTER WR5 2ET
Received 3 Dec 201512 Blackpole Road
Received 5 Sept 19952 Hill View Road, Worcester
Received 28 Apr 2003Records 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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