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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42,767 approved · 6,131 refused · 2,197 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Palace, Deansway, Worcester WR1 2JE
Received 21 Dec 200937-39 St Johns Worcester WR2 5AG
Received 10 Apr 200055 Linksview Crescent, Worcester WR5 1JH
Received 12 Aug 200564,LAVENDER ROAD
Received 2 Mar 1973SITE OF DISUSED BRITISH RAIL ENGINE SHED OFF TOLLADINE ROAD, ADJ TO DIESEL DEPOT, WORCESTER
Received 24 Jul 198444, BROAD STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3LR
Received 19 Mar 19764,LUCERNE CLOSE
Received 17 Jul 1970100,OMBERSLEY ROAD
Received 6 Jan 19679, UPPER PARK STREET, WORCESTER WR 5 1EX
Received 2 Nov 1973203 MALVERN ROAD, WORCESTER WR2 4NW
Received 12 Mar 19852, LANGLEY CLOSE, WORCESTER WR 2 6EX
Received 4 Apr 197558 High Street Worcester WR1 2QA
Received 16 Oct 1997289A, TOLLADINE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 4 9BB
Received 29 Mar 196761 Ambleside Drive, WR4 9DA
Received 26 Jun 2006Dickinson Court, Wordsworth Avenue, Worcester WR3 8DW
Received 24 Feb 2015193 Tudor Way, WR2 5QY
Received 26 Aug 2004King's School Cricket Ground Chapter Meadows, Bromwich Road
Received 28 Apr 201177 Winchcombe Drive, Worcester WR4 9XA
Received 24 Oct 200115, THE FOREGATE, WORCESTER WR 1 3QD
Received 1 Jul 198612, AYCLIFFE ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 9AZ
Received 16 May 1980The Old Pump House, Waterworks Road
Received 25 Jul 200018 GARDENERS CLOSE, BLACKPOLE, WORCESTER WR4 9YZ
Received 16 Jul 1992EBENEZER BAYLIS,LONDON ROAD
Received 6 Nov 196412 Toftdale Green, WR4 0PE
Received 6 Oct 2004Records 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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