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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
38,532 approved · 5,108 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 May 1970 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
TOP GEAR GARAGE,391,OMBERSLEY ROAD
Received 4 Oct 1974240 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3ER
Received 30 Sept 2005Warndon Court, Tolladine Road
Received 28 Oct 1993Community Centre Canterbury Road WORCESTER WR5 1PJ
Received 4 Jul 2023GARAGES 1-14 ADJACENT TO, 70, THE HILL AVENUE, WORCESTER WR
Received 7 Nov 1980Astwood Crematorium Astwood Road Worcester WR3 8HA
Received 15 Sept 2020ST ALBANS HOUSE, MILL STREET, WORCESTER
Received 3 Sept 19853 The Cross Worcester WR1 3PZ
Received 11 Nov 2002Worcester Sixth Form College, Spetchley Road, WR5 2LU
Received 25 Oct 20115 Margaret Road, St Johns, Worcester WR2 4LX
Received 20 Nov 2007WYVERN SERVICE STATION,48/52,OMBERSLEY ROAD
Received 19 Apr 197418 Sabrina Avenue, WR3 7AZ
Received 20 Aug 20144-6 The Moors, WR1 3EE
Received 23 Jan 201239 GRANGE AVENUE, WORCESTER WR3 7QB
Received 2 Feb 197954 FRIAR STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2NA
Received 2 Mar 2017University Of Worcester Henwick Grove Worcester
Received 7 Jul 2004Swinton, 2 Queen Street
Received 16 Dec 1999UNIT 8, THREE SPRINGS TRADING ESTATE, VINCENT ROAD, WORCESTE
Received 2 Sept 1986Glencote 9D Lechmere Crescent Worcester WR2 6ED
Received 21 Jul 2020GARAGES AT CHEDWORTH DRIVE/SNOWSHILL CLOSE CHEDWORTH DRIVE WORCESTER
Received 19 Jan 201747, KIRKSTONE DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 4 9BS
Received 4 Jul 1980SITE 11, WEIR LANE, WORCESTER
Received 10 Sept 198743-49, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER WR2 5AG
Received 18 Oct 197421-24 New Street Worcester WR1 2DP
Received 10 Aug 2007Records 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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