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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
40,425 approved · 5,613 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jun 1967 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grove House 58, Bath Road
Received 10 Apr 200732, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2QL
Received 6 Jun 1975SITE 9, WEIR LANE, WORCESTER
Received 6 Jan 197813 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3DG
Received 3 Nov 200422, BARBOURNE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 1HT
Received 20 Aug 197118 Broad Street, WR1 3NF
Received 11 Jan 201042 Hallow Road, WR2 6BU
Received 10 Mar 2011126, SPETCHLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR5 2LX
Received 23 Jul 198552 Britannia Square Worcester WR1 3HP
Received 11 Mar 2021Plot 3, Phase 1, Berkeley Business Park, Wainwright Road, Worcester
Received 10 Jun 19984-6 Angel Place Worcester WR1 3QS
Received 17 Feb 202051 Waverley Street Worcester WR5 3DH
Received 29 Oct 20072, BOLSTON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 2JE
Received 15 Jun 197332 Georgina Avenue Worcester WR2 4NA
Received 5 Jun 199233, THE TYTHING, WORCESTER WR 1 1JL
Received 7 May 197653 Norwich Road, WR5 1NY
Received 10 Feb 2014WRI Ronkswood Branch, Newtown Road, Worcester
Received 26 Aug 1992ST OSWALDS HOSPITAL ALMSHOUSES, THE TYTHING, WORCESTER
Received 10 Mar 198810 College Yard WORCESTER WR1 2LA
Received 15 May 2020BIRMINGHAM & MIDLAND OMNIBUS COMPANY.,PADMORE STREET
Received 15 Jun 1973FOWNES HOTEL, CITY WALLS ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 19 Sept 198085 Ransom Avenue Worcester WR5 3AW
Received 10 May 2005115 Tunnel Hill
Received 23 May 20055 - 9, ST NICHOLAS STREET, WORCESTER
Received 16 Apr 1982Records 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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