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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
42,767 approved · 6,131 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Camp Hill Avenue
Received 30 Jun 1998FAIRFAX HOUSE, FISH STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 16 Nov 1982Pitmaston Primary School Malvern Road Worcester WR2 4ZF
Received 18 Aug 199721 Hampton Close, Worcester, WR2 5LX
Received 8 Apr 2015UNIT 1, REINDEER COURT, MEALCHEAPEN STREET, WORCESTER
Received 2 Mar 197317 Skinner Street, WR2 4JD
Received 7 Oct 200583, BLAKEFIELD ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 5DP
Received 16 Jun 19886 St Swithins Street Worcester WR1 2PY
Received 6 Feb 2020REDHILL STORES,LONDON ROAD
Received 7 May 197623 St John's
Received 16 Jun 2005186 Bilford Road, Worcester WR3 8PH
Received 26 Aug 2014EAGLE VAULTS, 2, FRIAR STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2LZ
Received 18 May 1982Kings School Worcester, 5 College Green, WR1 2LH
Received 9 Mar 2010SUNDAY SCHOOL, 1, SANSOME PLACE, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 21 Feb 1984191A,OLDBURY ROAD
Received 20 May 19878-10 St Johns Worcester WR2 5AH
Received 28 Feb 199622 York Place Worcester WR1 3DR
Received 27 Jun 202510 Tench Close, WR5 3FE
Received 8 Jul 201335 Middles Avenue Worcester WR4 0HE
Received 17 Mar 19981 & 2 GREEN SHIELD,LYCHGATE
Received 17 Mar 1978Garages at 11 and 21 Gresham Road Worcester
Received 24 Feb 1987King Charles Court, Bath Road, WR5 3HF
Received 3 Sept 201221 Dart Road, WR5 1LF
Received 31 Mar 20082 Mealcheapen Street, Worcester WR1 2DH
Received 2 Jun 2006Records 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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