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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
40,297 approved · 5,574 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Aug 1967 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Compton Road/145 Wylds Lane
Received 30 Apr 200325 THE TYTHING, WORCESTER, WR1 1JL
Received 14 Jan 2016Land off Taylors Lane, WR5 3LZ
Received 12 May 201419 Bath Road, WR5 3AB
Received 12 Jul 2005314 Bath Road, WR5 3ET
Received 24 Jul 2008196, MALVERN ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4LL
Received 6 Jul 197959-61, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER WR2 5AG
Received 2 Jun 19785 REDFERN AVENUE, WORCESTER, WR5 1PZ
Received 29 Sept 2017VIRGINIA HOUSE, THE BUTTS, WORCESTER WR1 3PA
Received 18 Apr 197543 Friar Street Worcester WR1 2NA
Received 23 May 199514 Tollhouse Drive, WR2 6AD
Received 9 Oct 2001Alma Public House, 35 Mill Street
Received 5 Jun 2007SOUTHWICK LODGE, OLD ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 4BU
Received 5 Nov 19856, ST SWITHINS STREET, WORCESTER WR1 2PY
Received 18 Jul 197522, PRIORY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4PE
Received 19 Oct 1979UNIT 1, BUCKHOLT BUSINESS CENTRE, WARNDON BUSINESS PARK, WAR
Received 27 Jul 1988LAND BOUNDED BY A449 AND NORTHERN DISTRIBUTOR RD, SHIRE BUS.
Received 22 Jul 199232, THE RIDGEWAY, WORCESTER WR 5 2DA
Received 5 Feb 197149 Sapphire Crescent Worcester WR2 5PT
Received 12 Jan 201920, PUMP STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2QY
Received 28 Apr 1988Aeromet International PLC Cosgrove Close Worcester
Received 18 Jan 2000Bishop Perowne High School, Barbourne Road, Worcester
Received 24 Jul 1984PHOENIX HOUSE, 122, BROMYARD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5DJ
Received 21 Mar 196921, MELROSE CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 2 5JE
Received 15 Dec 1972Records 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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