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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
36,756 approved · 4,570 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Oct 1972 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Tower Road Worcester WR3 7AF
Received 8 Oct 2026ST MARTINS QUARTER, SILVER STREET, WORCESTER
Received 17 Mar 20169 Bramhope Close, WR4 0BG
Received 28 Jul 1999Worcester Golf and Country Club, Bransford Road, WR2 4EZ
Received 19 Jul 20123 Midland Road, WR5 1DT
Received 21 Dec 199987 Astwood Road, WR3 8EP
Received 7 May 2013Priory House, Royal Grammar School, Upper Tything, WR1 1JD
Received 27 Nov 20077, ELKSTONE CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 4 9XH
Received 16 Nov 19734 Nightingale Avenue, Worcester WR4 0LZ
Received 15 Sept 1997304 Tolladine Road Worcester WR4 9BJ
Received 23 Oct 2020110 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BT
Received 24 Jan 20207 Berwick Street WORCESTER WR5 3EA
Received 15 Dec 2021LAND ON EAST SIDE OF, LARK HILL, WORCESTER
Received 18 Jan 198331 Friar Street Worcester WR1 2NA
Received 12 May 202619-21 St Johns Worcester WR2 5AE
Received 5 Aug 2008Pavement,, Upper Tything,, Outside St Oswalds Hospital, WR1 2HZ
Received 19 Oct 2010HASWELL HOUSE, ST NICHOLAS STREET, WORCESTER
Received 7 Feb 1977Land at 4 Mayfield Road, Worcester
Received 1 Apr 202012 Barbourne Terrace Worcester WR1 3JS
Received 10 May 200770 Ombersley Road Worcester WR3 7EU
Received 5 May 1978Brookfield Swinesherd Worcester WR5 1RU
Received 19 Jun 20256 Woodside Road Worcester WR5 2EG
Received 24 Aug 2007UNIT 12, NORTHBROOK CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 3 8BP
Received 15 Dec 19722 Orchard Street, Worcester WR5 3DY
Received 9 Jul 2002Records 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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