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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
40,251 approved · 5,555 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The Corners, 16 Foley Road, Worcester, WR2 4NE
Received 15 Jul 201546 Boughton Street, WR2 4HE
Received 18 Aug 2008ST MATTHEWS CHURCH,LICHFIELD AVENUE
Received 19 May 1972Adjacent Global Tube Fabrications Navigation Road Worcester WR5 3DE
Received 20 Aug 1987Tybridge Street and Hylton Road Worcester
Received 4 Dec 200118-20 Silver Street Worcester WR1 2DA
Received 13 Apr 1994Linkview Blackpole Road Worcester WR3 8SE
Received 9 Feb 2023Bromwich House, 55 Bromwich Road, Worcester
Received 20 Jul 198220, MAY AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 4 9QR
Received 3 Nov 197838 Britannia Square, WR1 3DN
Received 8 Jun 20097 BIRCHANGER GREEN, WORCESTER, WR4 0DW
Received 11 Nov 201568 KILBURY DRIVE, WORCESTER WR5 2NG
Received 18 Jul 198025 Constance Road Worcester WR3 7NF
Received 9 Feb 2023UNIT 17, SHRUB HILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SHRUB HILL ROAD, WORC
Received 21 Sept 1982The Northwick Arms 29 Vine Street WORCESTER WR3 7DY
Received 29 May 201415 Broad Street Worcester WR1 3LH
Received 30 Sept 1997Dee Way Stores Dee Way Worcester
Received 26 Feb 202049, WINDSOR AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 2 5LZ
Received 21 Jul 1972Land at Cumberland Street, WR1 1QE
Received 28 Jan 2008Royal Porcelain Works, First Floor Offices, Severn Street, Worcester, WR1 2ND
Received 4 Oct 201823 Diglis Avenue, Worcester WR1 2NS
Received 25 Jun 202166, LOWESMOOR, WORCESTER WR1 2SE
Received 4 Sept 1984County House St Marys Street Worcester WR1 1HB
Received 24 Jun 202622 St. Georges Lane North, Worcester, WR1 1QX
Received 20 Nov 2014Records 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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