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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
41,267 approved · 5,798 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Feb 1966 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 The Avenue, WR2 4AN
Received 27 Aug 2009ANCHOR INN, 54, DIGLIS ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 3BW
Received 17 Aug 19795b The Tything, WR1 1HD
Received 14 Dec 2009Academy House, Infirmary Walk., WR1 2AU
Received 27 Nov 1996Site Area B, King Street, Worcester, WR1 2NX
Received 10 May 2018Roundabout No. 4 B4636/Woodgreen Drive/Charles Hastings Way/Newtown Road Worcester
Received 8 Mar 2011Tesco Stores, St Peters Drive, WR5 3SW
Received 2 Feb 2009Glan Mor Cornmeadow Lane WORCESTER WR3 7PW
Received 16 Aug 19823 Goodwood Close
Received 17 May 2007350 Bath Road, WR5 3EZ
Received 25 Jan 2012Ivy Gate 29 Chestnut Walk WORCESTER WR1 1PR
Received 23 Jun 2017122 Bath Road Worcester WR5 3EP
Received 23 Mar 1993OAK APPLE INN, SPETCHLEY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 2NL
Received 7 Jul 197847 Foregate Street
Received 24 May 20003, WHINFIELD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 3 7HF
Received 6 Sept 1968UNIT 31, REINDEER COURT, MEALCHEAPEN STREET, WORCESTER
Received 31 May 196819 BLOSSOM CLOSE, WORCESTER, WR5 1SN
Received 9 Oct 2015Land North of 4 Tolladine Terrace, Tolladine Road, Worcester
Received 8 Jun 1981211 Northwick Road Worcester WR3 7EJ
Received 21 Sept 19797 Stephenson Terrace, Worcester WR1 3EA
Received 14 Mar 201216 Devon Road WORCESTER WR5 1QQ
Received 4 Aug 202094, CANTERBURY ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 1PL
Received 22 Apr 1986FLAT 1, 163, LONDON ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 2EE
Received 18 Jun 1976St.Barnabas C.E. Primary School, Green Lane
Received 23 Oct 1989Records 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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