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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
40,588 approved · 5,647 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
GARDEN FLAT, 10, ALBANY TERRACE, WORCESTER WR 1 3DU
Received 2 Apr 1976PERDISWELL PRIMARY SCHOOL, BILFORD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 3 8QA
Received 4 May 1973Tesco Stores Ltd, St Peters Drive
Received 2 Jun 19996 Solitaire Avenue, WR2 5PP
Received 1 Sept 1999County Hall Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2NP
Received 18 Jul 197534 Winchester Avenue Worcester WR2 4JE
Received 28 Apr 202253 New Street
Received 1 Jun 2000354 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EZ
Received 5 Oct 202661 Oldbury Road Worcester WR2 6AL
Received 2 Dec 19776 Staplow Road Worcester WR5 2LZ
Received 25 Jun 1996REDHILL FILLING STATION,LONDON ROAD
Received 4 Jul 196954-56 Cranham Drive Worcester WR4 9PA
Received 13 Jan 2004Rear of 13-15 Chacewater Crescent
Received 3 Nov 19949 Magnolia Close Worcester WR5 3SJ
Received 14 Jun 2006WORCESTER RACECOURSE, PITCHCROFT, WORCESTER WR1 3AQ
Received 18 May 1973Manor Farm P.H, Malvern Road
Received 4 Oct 20072 Barbourne Bank Turrall Street WORCESTER WR3 8AJ
Received 19 Jul 2021CASTLE STREET SERVICE STATION, CASTLE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 7 Jul 19722 Chase End Close
Received 13 Jun 19949 Fieldhead Close Worcester WR2 5UD
Received 6 Oct 20195, ST CATHERINES HILL, WORCESTER WR5 2EA
Received 6 Feb 198133, THE TYTHING, WORCESTER WR 1 1JL
Received 18 Apr 19801 Broad Street
Received 19 Jul 1999Records 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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