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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
42,163 approved · 5,983 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Nov 1964 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Chevron Motors Ltd, Bransford Road, WR2 4EW
Received 16 May 201161 Bromwich Road Worcester WR2 4AD
Received 18 Apr 200526 Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4LG
Received 15 Mar 2004The Hollies (Previously known as) 5 Barbourne Terrace Worcester WR1 3JS
Received 28 Feb 2020Metiers D'Art, 61 The Tything, Worcester
Received 23 Sept 199333 Battenhall Road Worcester WR5 2BQ
Received 17 Sept 201928 Colin Road, WR3 7DB
Received 4 Apr 2008170 BATH ROAD, WORCESTER WR5 3ER
Received 18 Aug 1988Magnet, Blockhouse Close, WR1 2BU
Received 10 Sept 2004Boughton Park Golf Club, Bransford Road, Worcester WR2 4EZ
Received 11 Feb 200924/25 Spring Lane
Received 19 Nov 1993MASONIC HALL,RAINBOW HILL
Received 4 Nov 1977STONEHURST, NORTHWICK ROAD, WORCESTER WR 3 7RF
Received 30 Jun 19652 St Swithins Street, Worcester WR1 2PI
Received 18 Nov 2002ENDYMION, 24, SILVERDALE AVENUE, WORCESTER WR 5 1PY
Received 16 Jul 1976SOUTHWICK LODGE, OLD ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 4BU
Received 21 Dec 2016UNIT E10, BLACKPOLE EAST, BLACKPOLE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 3 8TJ
Received 26 Jan 196614 PERCH ROAD, WORCESTER, WR5 3AD
Received 25 Aug 201639, BARNES WAY, WORCESTER WR 5 3AP
Received 7 Oct 1977St. Paul's Church, St Paul's Street, WR1 2BH
Received 16 May 2006THE STABLES, HINDLIP LANE, WORCESTER, WR3 8SA
Received 25 May 201768 Henwick Road, Worcester
Received 29 Dec 20007 Topham Avenue, WR4 0PG
Received 24 Jul 2008Apex Site, Warndon, Worcester
Received 16 Jan 1996Records 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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