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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
37,100 approved · 4,685 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jun 1972 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
LIDL UK GMBH, NEWTOWN ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 1HG
Received 13 May 20163, BECKETT CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 3 7NL
Received 3 Apr 1981PACK HORSE HOTEL, 11- 13, ST NICHOLAS STREET, WORCESTER
Received 7 Jul 198813, FERN ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 6HR
Received 1 Jun 1973Springfield, Britannia Square, WR1 3DL
Received 8 Sept 2010Hunderton, BV3 East Warndon, Worcester
Received 29 Nov 1995Former Sky Parts Factory, 41 Checketts Lane, WR3 7JW
Received 15 Aug 2006ROYAL ALBERT CLOSE, WORCESTER
Received 17 Oct 201659 Henwick Road, WR2 5NY
Received 29 Oct 2013Buildings at 1 and 2 Foregate Street, 3, 5, 7 and 7A Sansome Street, Worcester
Received 15 Mar 198335 Wylds Lane WORCESTER WR5 1DA
Received 22 Sept 20228 Bromwich Lane, WR2 4BH
Received 7 Dec 20079, JUBILEE ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 4LY
Received 20 May 1986Land rear of bridge Street, bounded by Quay Street, Hood Street and Parade Place (inc. Parade Place) Worcester
Received 20 Feb 1981MERROW, 4, BATTENHALL PLACE, WORCESTER
Received 21 Jan 19772 Greenacres Road Worcester WR2 5EZ
Received 15 May 19815, ALDERSEY CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 5 3EH
Received 9 Aug 19886 Stanway Close, WR4 9XL
Received 7 Nov 2008Worcester Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way
Received 19 Apr 201062 Gilmour Crescent, WR3 7PJ
Received 12 Nov 200428 Grange Avenue Worcester WR3 7QD
Received 18 Aug 1998Hanbury House Oaklands Court Worcester WR5 2BB
Received 11 May 2023E.J. MUNN & SONS LTD,LARK HILL ROAD
Received 18 Aug 198822 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DH
Received 9 Feb 2022Records 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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