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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
37,154 approved · 4,710 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Farnham Green Worcester WR4 0ED
Received 16 Jan 20025, MALLARD CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 2 4BB
Received 18 Apr 1980Lynthorpe Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HN
Received 6 Jul 2026Land adjacent 37/39 Lechmere Crescent
Received 30 Aug 20001,LAXTON AVENUE
Received 16 Mar 1979Tramps Nightclub, Angel Place, WR1 3QN
Received 21 May 200153-54 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LR
Received 20 Jun 20036, BAYNHAM DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 5 2NJ
Received 6 Jun 19753 Narrow Walk Worcester WR2 4HQ
Received 19 Jan 202438-40 St Johns Worcester WR2 5AJ
Received 21 Jan 199444 Tudor Way Worcester WR2 5QN
Received 10 Feb 1994Former Housing Department, Corner of Queen Street/Trinity Street, Worcester
Received 9 Jul 1987Unit P Blackpole East Blackpole Road WORCESTER WR3 8SG
Received 18 Aug 1978146 Northwick Road Worcester WR3 7EG
Received 5 Jun 198428 Hillery Road, WR5 1RF
Received 22 Apr 201416 St Georges Square Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 23 Jul 202118 Tollhouse Drive
Received 20 Oct 19979 New Street, Worcester, WR1 2DN
Received 11 Mar 2014Land at Weir Lane, Worcester
Received 22 Mar 19959, ALBERTA CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 2 4XJ
Received 15 Dec 197235 Ronkswood Hill, WR4 9ER
Received 12 Apr 2002UNIT 96F, BLACKPOLE TRADING ESTATE WEST, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WOR
Received 30 Aug 198414 Lambourne Crescent WORCESTER WR2 6ER
Received 28 Jun 20197 & 9 Boughton Close, WR2 5ED
Received 25 Apr 2005Records 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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