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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
47,819 approved · 7,168 refused · 2,244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 1957 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rectory Place, Apartment 7 4 Wylds Lane Worcester WR5 1DA
Received 23 Jul 202110, WHITEWOOD WAY, WORCESTER WR 5 2LN
Received 5 Aug 198327, THE CROSS, WORCESTER WR 1 3PZ
Received 2 May 19806 Leven Drive WORCESTER WR5 3QY
Received 11 Jul 20135 Arundel Drive, WR5 2HU
Received 6 Sept 20124, HARVEY WALK, WORCESTER WR 3 8JN
Received 7 Apr 197224 COLLEGE STREET, WORCESTER, WR1 2LU
Received 1 Sept 2017Land rear of St Barnabas Church Vicarage,Green Lane
Received 5 Oct 199354 BROOKSIDE ROAD, WORCESTER, WR2 5PS
Received 5 Dec 2016Unit E, Blockhouse Close
Received 30 Apr 2007NORTHWICK GRANGE NURSING HOME, 19, OLD NORTHWICK LANE, WORCESTER
Received 30 Aug 1990The Old Palace, Deansway
Received 4 Jun 2001Unit 60 Blackpole T.E. (West)
Received 19 Aug 1996'Arlington' Hallow Road, Worcester WR2 6DJ
Received 28 Jun 20044 AND 5,LOVES GROVE
Received 5 Apr 19644, FITCHER CLOSE, WORCESTER WR2 6DP
Received 21 Aug 198168, BROAD STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3LY
Received 14 Aug 1959ANCIENT MONUMENT,NEWTOWN ROAD
Received 19 May 1972Former Sewage Treatment Beds, Weir Lane, Worcester
Received 14 Dec 2004Cove Cottage, Neweys Hill, WR3 7AL
Received 7 Jun 2005COMMUNITY CENTRE, SHAP DRIVE, WORCESTER WR 4 9NX
Received 16 Aug 196876 Marsh Avenue, WR4 0HJ
Received 25 Jan 2001225 Bromwich Road, WR2 4AU
Received 21 Jun 20109, HEBB STREET, WORCESTER WR 1 3HT
Received 2 Oct 1964Records 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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