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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
41,745 approved · 5,888 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jun 1965 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
56, ST JOHNS, WORCESTER WR2 5AJ
Received 28 Jan 19881, MALVERN ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4LE
Received 15 Feb 1983Seabright Lawn, 2 Battenhall Road, Worcester, WR5 2BH
Received 2 Sept 2018CATHEDRAL PLAZA, 17-18, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2QP
Received 23 Jul 198512, BLACKFRIARS SQUARE, WORCESTER WR 1 3PG
Received 6 Dec 196832, THE CROSS, WORCESTER WR 1 3PZ
Received 20 Feb 197641B The Tything Worcester WR1 1JT
Received 5 Jul 2000Phoenix House 42 Broad Street Worcester
Received 19 Nov 201918, CHACEWATER CRESCENT, WORCESTER WR3 7AN
Received 28 Aug 198642, THE SHAMBLES, WORCESTER WR 1 2RE
Received 19 Dec 196934 Astwood Road Worcester WR3 8EZ
Received 25 Apr 199629 Sansome Walk Worcester WR1 1NU
Received 20 Jun 2024Laugherne, 26 Maund Street, WR2 6JF
Received 6 Feb 2014Land at former Ronkswood Hospital, Newtown Road Worcester
Received 31 Mar 2005,THE RIDGEWAY
Received 7 Jan 1969188,LONDON ROAD
Received 3 Dec 197638 Lark Hill Worcester WR5 2EQ
Received 5 Oct 1979Manor Farm Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4BS
Received 18 Apr 1980Land between 16 - 18, Rowley Hill Street, St Johns, Worcester
Received 21 Sept 201733/35 Avon Road
Received 2 Nov 1992181 Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4NN
Received 21 Jan 199937D, FRIAR STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2NA
Received 5 Jan 1979SITE 19, HYLTON ROAD TRADING ESTATE, HYLTON ROAD, WORCESTER
Received 6 Feb 197029, CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, WORCESTER WR 4 9QB
Received 16 Oct 1970Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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