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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
43,380 approved · 6,247 refused · 2,197 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jun 1963 to 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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3 Angel Street, Worcester WR1 3QT
Received 14 Aug 20082 Ambrose Close, Worcester WR2 6JX
Received 23 Jun 200324 Cornmeadow Lane Worcester WR3 7NY
Received 15 Jul 2004Natural Break Ltd, 4 The Hopmarket, WR1 1DL
Received 29 Jul 2003Plot adjacent Thornloe Court, Barbourne Crescent, WR1 3JF
Received 3 Sept 2013PAY & DISPLAY CAR PARK, SWANPOOL WALK, WORCESTER WR2
Received 1 Aug 19801A Barbourne Crescent Worcester WR1 3JF
Received 27 Jun 2025100 Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2NL
Received 4 Jan 2022Opposite 'Gostwyke', Droitwich Road
Received 20 Mar 2000106 HALLOW ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 6DD
Received 4 May 2016Laugherne, 26 Maund Street, WR2 6JF
Received 13 Aug 2013129 Astwood Road Worcester WR3 8HD
Received 27 Oct 202010 Britannia Square WORCESTER WR1 3DG
Received 22 May 2023CATHEDRAL PLAZA, 18, PUMP STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2QY
Received 1 Nov 19684 The Cross WORCESTER WR1 3PY
Received 31 Jul 2017Whiston Court, 20 White Ladies Close, Worcester WR1 1QA
Received 12 May 2014SITE 18, CARDEN STREET, WORCESTER WR 1
Received 4 May 197397, HIGH STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 2HL
Received 1 Oct 1971Hanover Court, Elkstone Close, WR4 9XH
Received 6 Aug 2014Woodside Point Williamson Road WORCESTER WR5 1SG
Received 27 Mar 2023GOODREST INN, BARKER STREET, WORCESTER WR 3 8NP
Received 16 Apr 197154 Saltwood Avenue, Berkeley Alford
Received 17 Dec 199640 BRITANNIA SQUARE, WORCESTER, WR1 3DN
Received 23 Mar 2017Boston Matthews Machinery Ltd, Navigation Road, WR5 3DE
Received 23 Nov 2000Records 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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