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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
41,000 approved · 5,744 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Jul 1966 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
79 LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 2DZ
Received 28 Apr 201833 Georgina Avenue Worcester WR2 4LP
Received 20 Feb 20064, THE CROSS, WORCESTER WR 1 3PS
Received 6 Jan 19789 Abberley View WORCESTER WR3 8LU
Received 23 Apr 201573 Laugherne Road, WR2 5LY
Received 21 Feb 20135 Shrubbery Avenue, Worcester WR1 1QN
Received 25 Feb 2021FORMER ROYAL WORCESTER PORCELAIN WORKS, SEVERN STREET, WORCE
Received 18 Jul 1975Land at Earls Court Farm, Bromyard Road, Worcester, WR2 5BZ
Received 18 Jan 20119, EVERARD CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 2 6ET
Received 30 Jul 198722 Beckett Road Worcester WR3 7NH
Received 31 Mar 202514A, PRESTBURY CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 4 9XG
Received 24 Jan 197598 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EW
Received 3 May 19745, AMERY CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 5 2HL
Received 21 Sept 197957 Battenhall Road, WR5 2BP
Received 4 Feb 201184 Blackpole Road, WR4 9ST
Received 11 Sept 2013Albany House Surgery, 4 Albany Terrace, WR1 3DU
Received 2 Dec 199824 PRIORY ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 4PE
Received 26 Nov 198561 Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2LR
Received 24 Feb 202613 Constance Road Worcester WR3 7NF
Received 7 Oct 20024-5 College Yard Worcester WR1 2LA
Received 24 Apr 202615 Russet Close Worcester WR2 6EL
Received 7 Aug 2008Sidbury House, College Street
Received 21 Feb 2001Land adjoining Castle Street, Worcester
Received 21 Oct 199469, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER WR2 5AG
Received 20 Jul 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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