Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
37,387 approved · 4,807 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Jan 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nunnery Wood Primary School, Prestwich Avenue, WR5 1QE
Received 20 Jun 2013Dent Close, WR5 1AJ
Received 17 Nov 2011Bull Ring/Bush Walk, St Johns
Received 20 Mar 200073-77 Bromwich Road, Worcester WR2 4AR
Received 22 Jan 199829 Dunmow Avenue Worcester WR4 0NR
Received 18 May 202248, THE TYTHING, WORCESTER WR 1 1JT
Received 15 Sept 1972UNIT 11B, SHRUB HILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SHRUB HILL ROAD, WOR
Received 16 Apr 1982OUR LADY QUEEN OF PEACE BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 16 Nov 19821, TRINITY STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2PW
Received 1 Aug 1980174 Bromyard Road Worcester WR2 5EE
Received 3 Feb 197889,NORTHWICK ROAD
Received 2 Feb 1973Worcester Porcelain Museum Severn Street Worcester WR1 2ND
Received 7 May 1999BLACKPOLE ROAD FILLING STATION, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 8SQ
Received 22 Apr 1986Worcester House, 19 Lowesmoor
Received 3 Mar 199824 Arundel Drive
Received 30 Aug 2000Phoenix House, 122 Bromyard Road, WR2 5DJ
Received 25 May 200113 St Dunstans Close WORCESTER WR5 2AJ
Received 6 Nov 202426 Northwick Close, WR3 7EF
Received 7 Dec 20108, FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 21 Jun 1983154, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 2EJ
Received 16 Jul 197614, CORNMEADOW GREEN, WORCESTER WR 3 7PN
Received 17 Dec 198536,REDCLIFFE STREET
Received 4 May 197317, WHARF HOUSE, THE MOORINGS, LOWESMOOR TERRACE, WORCESTER
Received 7 Nov 19757 Midhurst Close WORCESTER WR5 2HX
Received 13 May 2020Records 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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