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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
43,080 approved · 6,188 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 1963 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Skiddaw Close, Worcester WR4 9HU
Received 22 Feb 201125, BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER WR 1 3DH
Received 21 May 1971Corner of Wylds Lane and St Catherines Vale, Worcester
Received 21 May 197118 Westview Close Worcester WR2 5HG
Received 3 Jun 2019125 Victoria Avenue Worcester WR5 1EE
Received 14 Aug 202069 Battenhall Avenue Worcester WR5 2HN
Received 30 Jul 2019Gorse Hill Primary School, Holly Mount Road
Received 19 Apr 1999Northwick Road Allotments Marion Close Worcester WR3 7LT
Received 30 Mar 2023THE PORTOBELLO, 139, BRANSFORD ROAD, WORCESTER WR 2 4EZ
Received 15 Feb 197147 St Dunstans Close, Worcester WR5 2AJ
Received 26 Sept 2005Farrier House Farrier Street Worcester WR1 3BH
Received 24 Jul 202617, SKINNER STREET, WORCESTER WR 2 4JD
Received 5 Jul 1974St Swithins Institute, The Trinity, Worcester, WR1 2PN
Received 16 Jun 20158, SEVERN STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2ND
Received 5 Dec 197518, ASTWOOD ROAD, WORCESTER WR3 8ET
Received 12 Mar 198558, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3LD
Received 6 Jan 1967Worcester Royal Infirmary Newtown Road Worcester
Received 18 Aug 1998Lyppard Grange Medical Centre Ankerage Green Worcester WR4 0DZ
Received 13 Jun 202363 - 65 SIDBURY, WORCESTER WR1 2HU
Received 21 Sept 19823 MR CHRISTOPHER,LYCHGATE
Received 19 Jul 196811, 12 & 13 Bridge Street, Worcester
Received 26 Apr 198474 HOLLY MOUNT, WORCESTER, WR4 9SF
Received 9 Dec 201639 ALBERT ROAD, WORCESTER WR5 1EB
Received 21 Feb 198445, HUMBER ROAD, WORCESTER WR 5 1LQ
Received 15 Nov 1963Records 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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