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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
37,254 approved · 4,757 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 St Georges Square, Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 17 May 201011 Green Hill, London Road, Worcester WR5 2AA
Received 8 Apr 201331 Hopton Street Worcester WR2 5LH
Received 26 Aug 202067 TIMBERDINE AVENUE, WORCESTER WR5 2BG
Received 21 Sept 197912 & 13 Exbury Place
Received 14 Apr 1997COMMUNITY CENTRE, SHAP DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 4 9NX
Received 15 Feb 19745 STEPHENSON TERRACE, WORCESTER, WR1 3EA
Received 13 Sept 201856 Foregate Street, WR1 1DX
Received 19 Apr 20131A St Johns Worcester WR2 5AE
Received 26 Jun 200314 Amery Close, WR5 2HL
Received 29 Oct 1999The Green Centre Gresham Road Worcester WR2 5QS
Received 27 Mar 202516, MALLARD CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 2 4BB
Received 18 Jul 197523 Boughton Street, WR2 4HE
Received 11 Jun 200813-17 Carden Street Worcester WR1 2AT
Received 24 May 2002109 Kilbury Drive Worcester WR5 2NG
Received 27 Jun 1995Land at White Ladies Close, Worcester WR1 1QA
Received 28 Mar 2011Danesbury House, 55 Sidbury, Worcester WR1 2HU
Received 23 Jan 200624 Southfield Street
Received 2 Aug 1994HERON LODGE, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 12 Mar 19928 Grove Crescent, Worcester WR2 5HH
Received 24 Jul 200818, CRANHAM DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 4 9PA
Received 17 Dec 1987Co-operative Foodstore, 8-12 St John's
Received 2 Mar 2000LAND REAR OF 229 HENWICK ROAD, HIMBLETON ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 29 Sept 198813, ARUNDEL DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 5 2HU
Received 3 Dec 1976Records 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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