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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
41,086 approved · 5,767 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit D, Elgar Retail Park, Blackpole Road, WR3 8HP
Received 26 Feb 20131A, POPE IRON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 1 3HB
Received 7 May 1971Worcester Sewage Treatment Works, Bromwich Road
Received 9 Nov 1998WHARF COTTAGE, DIGLIS BASIN, WORCESTER
Received 17 Aug 198232 HAWKWOOD CRESCENT, WORCESTER, WR2 6BN
Received 16 Aug 2017LAUGHERNE GARAGE, BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4EW
Received 4 Feb 197712, BUCK STREET, WORCESTER WR 2 5LW
Received 6 Nov 1981RIVERVIEW USED CAR CENTRE, HYLTON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 5JS
Received 17 Aug 197933 SUNNYSIDE ROAD, WORCESTER WR1 1RL
Received 31 Jul 2016RAINBOW HILL RESERVOIR, VICAR STREET, WORCESTER
Received 17 Feb 201662 CAVENDISH STREET, WORCESTER WR5 3DX
Received 21 May 199234 Knotts Avenue Worcester WR4 0HZ
Received 29 Jan 2004FORMER WORCESTER LIBRARY AND HISTORY CENTRE, TRINITY STREET, WORCESTER
Received 22 May 201715 St Georges Square Worcester WR1 1HX
Received 21 Oct 1996TIMBERDINE NURSING AND REHABILITATION UNIT, TIMBERDINE CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR5 2DD
Received 18 Oct 201738, COMER GARDENS, WORCESTER WR 2 6JG
Received 6 Dec 1974Cherry Orchard Primary School, Timberdine Close, WR5 2DD
Received 29 Sept 201010 Isaac Walk, Worcester WR2 5EQ
Received 26 Aug 2004LYNWOOD, RED HILL LANE, WORCESTER WR 5 2JL
Received 21 Apr 1967Daprou 7 Spring Bank Worcester WR3 8SD
Received 25 Jan 2002Building A4, Waterside, Diglis Basin, WR5 3DA
Received 4 Apr 201357, FOREGATE STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 1DX
Received 4 Feb 197742 Grosmont Avenue, WR4 0RD
Received 30 Jan 200712, BROAD STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3LH
Received 15 Dec 1975Records 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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